Dumps

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dumps \Dumps\ (d[u^]mps), n. pl.
     a gloomy mental state; same as 2nd {dump[1]}; -- used mostly
     in the phrase "in the dumps".
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  dumps
       n : an informal expression for a mildly depressed state; "in the
           dumps"; "have the mopes" [syn: {mopes}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "dumps":
     blahs, blue devils, blues, dejection, depression, dismals, dods,
     doldrums, dolefuls, dorts, frumps, gloom, grumps, heavyheartedness,
     megrims, melancholy, mopes, mulligrubs, mumps, pouts, sulks,
     sullens, unhappiness