down in the dumps en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From dump “a dull, gloomy state of the mind.”
Meanings
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(idiomatic) Sad; lacking engagement or enthusiasm.
"You've got down in the dumps and can't see what's sensible and to your own advantage."
1886, Edward Payson Roe, chapter 2, in He Fell In Love With His Wife:"Being out of work sometimes makes you feel down in the dumps and being out here with my buddies helps."
2009 February 2, Brian McVicar, “Some in Mich. turn to ice fishing as economy dives”, in chicagotribune.com, retrieved 03 Feb 2009:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most down in the dumps | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more down in the dumps | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| in the dumps | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
unlively · chapfallen · plaintive · atrabiliary · lumpish · saddened · sad · uncheerful · dull · sorrowful · sullen · dismal · infelicitous · solemn · listless · disgruntled · woeful · wistful · wretched · woe · disconsolate · unhappy · shattered · forlorn · elegious · depressed · damp · lachrymose · miserable · chopfallen · tristful · grief-stricken · ruthful · spiritless · mopey · glum · heartsore · sombre · morose · downsome · despondent · dispirited · blitheless · threnetic · downcast · blue · downhearted · grieving · melancholy · threnetical · crestfallen · jawfallen · atrabilious · doleful · heavy-hearted · unconsolable · gloomy · down · passionate · crestfallen · melancholic · sorrowsome · low-spirited · triste · lamentful · cheerless · elegiac · Plutonic · joyless · dolesome · heartsick · woebegone · down in the dumps · mournful · low-spirited · cut up · down in the mouth · uncheery · Plutonian · dejected · querulous · low · bummed out · disheartened · inconsolable · moody · lugubrious · saturnine · sorrow-ridden
Translations (7)
es en horas bajas (sad) · fi alakuloinen (sad) · pl zdołowany (sad) · es de bajón (sad) · ru как в во́ду опущенный (sad) · fi masentunut (sad) · es murrio (sad)