Sorrow; melancholy; sadness.--Johnson. We say of a person who is dull or sad, 'He has the dumps,' or 'is in the dumps.'
Sudden dumps, and dreary sad disdain
Of all worlds' gladness, more my torment feed.--Spenser.
Edwin, thus perplexed with troubled thoughts, in the dead of the night, sate solitary under a tree in dumps, musing what was best to be done.--Speed. Chronicle.