doldrums

Meaning of doldrums

plural noun
  1. a state or period of stagnation or depression.
    the mortgage market has been in the doldrums for three years
  2. an equatorial region of the Atlantic Ocean with calms, sudden storms, and light unpredictable winds.
    Hurricane Verity had been born in the doldrums

late 18th century (as doldrum ‘dull, sluggish person’): perhaps from dull, on the pattern of tantrums .

Information about doldrums

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of doldrums is: doldrum.
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Hyphenation of doldrums

dol-drums

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • doldrums is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

doldrums synonyms

Meaning stagnation:

stagnation, stagnancy

Meaning feelings of severe despondency and dejection:

depression

Meaning a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause:

melancholy

Meaning partial or total darkness:

gloom

Meaning a sad and depressed state; low spirits:

dejection

Meaning low spirits from loss of hope or courage; dejection:

despondency

Meaning emotional anguish or grief, typically caused by the loss or absence of someone loved:

heartache

Meaning the feeling of not being happy; sadness:

unhappiness

Meaning the condition or quality of being sad:

sadness

Meaning a state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort:

misery

Meaning great sorrow or distress (often used hyperbolically):

woe

Meaning the complete loss or absence of hope:

despair

Meaning a tendency to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen:

pessimism

Meaning a feeling or state of despair; lack of hope:

hopelessness

Meaning a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged:

inertia

Meaning lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern:

apathy

Meaning a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or unease whose exact cause is difficult to identify:

malaise

Meaning the state of feeling bored:

boredom

Meaning the state or quality of being tedious:

tedium

Meaning a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement:

ennui

Meaning melancholic music of black American folk origin, typically in a twelve-bar sequence. It developed in the rural southern US towards the end of the 19th century, finding a wider audience in the 1940s, a:

blues

Meaning used to refer to something which is boring or without meaningful content:

blahs

Meaning not engaging in or involving any or much physical activity:

inactive

Meaning absence of noise or bustle; silence; calm:

quiet

Meaning moving or operating, or designed to do so, only at a low speed; not quick or fast:

slow

Meaning the part of a rope or line which is not held taut; the loose or unused part:

slack

Meaning slow-moving or inactive:

sluggish

Meaning (of a person or their manner) quiet and rather reflective or depressed:

subdued

Meaning (of a body of water or the atmosphere of a confined space) having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence:

stagnant

Meaning crackling or hissing noises on a telephone, radio, or other telecommunication system:

static

Meaning lacking the ability or strength to move:

inert

Meaning the flat part of something:

flat

Meaning lacking interest or excitement:

dull

doldrums antonyms

Meaning the state of being happy:

happiness

Meaning a police officer:

busy

Meaning full of life and energy; active and outgoing:

lively

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