down in the dumps



down in the dumps

unhappy She's down in the dumps because all her friends are out of town.
See also: down, dumps

down in the dumps

Also, down in the mouth. Discouraged, depressed, or sad, as in She's been down in the dumps ever since she lost the match, or What's wrong with him? He's so down in the mouth about everything. The noun dumps has been used for "a state of depression" since the early 1500s, and down in the mouth, alluding to the downturned corners of the mouth as a sign of misery, dates from the mid-1600s.
See also: down, dumps

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aryan-Indian, Hindi
VÍCtorBEEK-tor (Spanish)Spanish, Catalan
ElŽBieta-Lithuanian
HollyHAHL-eeEnglish
Kostya-Russian
Chifuniro-Southern African, Chewa