English Explanatory Dictionary

down in the dumps

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Sad; lacking engagement or enthusiasm.

Pronunciation

en-au-down in the dumps.ogg

Word forms

down in the dumps more down in the dumps most down in the dumps in the dumps

Etymology

From dump “a dull, gloomy state of the mind.”

Synonyms

crestfallen listless low-spirited atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen cut up damp dejected depressed despondent disgruntled disconsolate disheartened dismal doleful dolesome down down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted downsome dull elegiac elegious forlorn gloomy glum grief-stricken grieving heavy-hearted heartsore heartsick inconsolable infelicitous jawfallen joyless lachrymose lamentful low lugubrious lumpish melancholic melancholy miserable moody mopey morose mournful passionate plaintive Plutonian Plutonic
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