Synonyms for in the dumps
- bitter
- dismal
- heartbroken
- melancholy
- mournful
- pessimistic
- somber
- sorrowful
- sorry
- wistful
- bereaved
- blue
- cheerless
- dejected
- despairing
- despondent
- disconsolate
- distressed
- doleful
- down
- down in dumps
- down in mouth
- downcast
- forlorn
- gloomy
- glum
- grief-stricken
- grieved
- heartsick
- heavyhearted
- hurting
- in doldrums
- in grief
- languishing
- low
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- morbid
- morose
- out of sorts
- pensive
- sick at heart
- troubled
- weeping
- woebegone
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Antonyms for in the dumps
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WORD ORIGIN
"low spirits," 1520s, plural of dumpe "a fit of musing," possibly from Dutch domp "haze, mist," from Middle Dutch damp "vapor" (see damp (n.)).
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR IN THE DUMPS
cheerless
adjectivedepressing, unhappy- austere
- black
- bleak
- blue
- comfortless
- dark
- dejected
- dejecting
- depressed
- desolate
- despondent
- disconsolate
- dismal
- dispiriting
- dolorous
- drab
- draggy
- drearisome
- dreary
- dull
- forlorn
- funereal
- gloomy
- grim
- in the dumps
- jarring
- joyless
- melancholy
- miserable
- mopey
- mournful
- oppressive
- sad
- somber
- sorrowful
- sullen
- tenebrific
- uncomfortable
- wintry
- woebegone
- woeful
depressed
adjectivediscouraged- bad
- bleeding
- blue
- bummed out
- cast-down
- crestfallen
- crummy
- dejected
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- dispirited
- down
- down and out
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- fed up
- glum
- grim
- hurting
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- let down
- low
- low-down
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- moody
- morose
- on a downer
- pessimistic
- ripped
- sad
- sob story
- spiritless
- taken down
- torn up
- unhappy
- weeping
- woebegone
despairing
adjectiveupset, despondent- anxious
- at end of one's rope
- blue
- brokenhearted
- can't win
- cynical
- dejected
- depressed
- desperate
- disconsolate
- downcast
- forlorn
- frantic
- grief-stricken
- hopeless
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the soup
- inconsolable
- melancholic
- melancholy
- miserable
- no-win
- not a prayer
- oppressed
- pessimistic
- sad
- shot down
- strabilious
- suicidal
- sunk
- weighed down
- wretched
discouraged
adjectivedishearteneddown in the mouth
adjectivefeeling dejected or sadforlorn
adjectivehopeless, inconsolable- abandoned
- alone
- bereft
- blue
- cheerless
- comfortless
- cynical
- defenseless
- depressed
- deserted
- desolate
- despairing
- desperate
- despondent
- destitute
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- down and out
- dragging
- forgotten
- forsaken
- friendless
- fruitless
- futile
- godforsaken
- helpless
- homeless
- in the dumps
- lonely
- lonesome
- lost
- miserable
- oppressed
- pathetic
- pessimistic
- pitiable
- pitiful
- solitary
- tragic
- unhappy
- vain
- weighed down
- woebegone
- wretched
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