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Definition of down in the dumps in English:

down in the dumps

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phrase

informal

  • (of a person) depressed or unhappy.

    • ‘she was feeling a bit down in the dumps’
    unhappy, sad, depressed, gloomy, glum, melancholy, melancholic, miserable, sorrowful, dejected, despondent, dispirited, disconsolate, downhearted, downcast, cast down, down, crestfallen, woebegone, low, low in spirits, low-spirited, heavy-hearted, morose, dismal, desolate, weighed down, oppressed
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