Definition of in the dumps
in the dumps 
adjective
- feeling sad or depressed.
Person A: You sure are quiet today.
Person B: Yeah, I'm feeling a little in the dumps.- See more words with the same meaning: to be sad, disappointed.
Last edited on Jan 21 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 21 2013.
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Other terms relating to 'to be sad, disappointed': | |
| Definitions include: causing depression. | |
| Definitions include: male genitalia. | |
| Definitions include: "Bollocks" is also the present tense and plural form of bollock. | |
| Definitions include: the dumps, down, blue, sad. | |
| Definitions include: anything, in speech. | |
| Definitions include: to do something bad to a person. | |
| Definitions include: to be sad. | |
| Definitions include: exclamation of unhappiness. | |
| Definitions include: depressed. | |
| Definitions include: exclamation of displeasure. | |
| Definitions include: to disappoint. | |
| Definitions include: very inebriated. | |
| Definitions include: used to denote general sorrow, despair, or disappointment. | |
| Definitions include: sadness or depression. | |
| Definitions include: phrase acknowledging or expressing sadness. | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'dump': | |
| Definitions include: the act of telling a person or group everything one knows about a particular topic. | |
| Definitions include: depressed. | |
| Definitions include: to end an intimate relationship with someone. | |
| Definitions include: Low, slammed. | |
| Definitions include: to criticize. | |
| Definitions include: Taking a poop. | |
| Definitions include: nice buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: a polite way to say "dumb fuck". | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: Having sex and not sticking around or calling. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; "poop". | |
Other terms relating to 'in': | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: involving everyone or everything. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: no chance. | |
| Definitions include: something easy. | |
| Definitions include: at some time before the present. | |
| Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing. | |
| Definitions include: included. | |
| Definitions include: clitoris. | |
| Definitions include: to intrude. | |
| Definitions include: See barge in. | |
| Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time." | |
| Definitions include: never. | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: Inclusive | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: Meaning caring about everything. | |
| Definitions include: extremely popular. | |
| Definitions include: taking a passive role. | |
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