doldrums
Meaning of doldrums
plural noun
- a state or period of stagnation or depression.
the mortgage market has been in the doldrums for three years
- 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.
- Languages in which doldrums is used:
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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:
Meaning feelings of severe despondency and dejection:
Meaning a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause:
Meaning partial or total darkness:
Meaning a sad and depressed state; low spirits:
Meaning low spirits from loss of hope or courage; dejection:
Meaning emotional anguish or grief, typically caused by the loss or absence of someone loved:
Meaning the feeling of not being happy; sadness:
Meaning the condition or quality of being sad:
Meaning a state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort:
Meaning great sorrow or distress (often used hyperbolically):
Meaning the complete loss or absence of hope:
Meaning a tendency to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen:
Meaning a feeling or state of despair; lack of hope:
Meaning a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged:
Meaning lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern:
Meaning a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or unease whose exact cause is difficult to identify:
Meaning the state of feeling bored:
Meaning the state or quality of being tedious:
Meaning a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement:
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:
Meaning used to refer to something which is boring or without meaningful content:
Meaning not engaging in or involving any or much physical activity:
Meaning absence of noise or bustle; silence; calm:
Meaning moving or operating, or designed to do so, only at a low speed; not quick or fast:
Meaning the part of a rope or line which is not held taut; the loose or unused part:
Meaning slow-moving or inactive:
Meaning (of a person or their manner) quiet and rather reflective or depressed:
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:
Meaning crackling or hissing noises on a telephone, radio, or other telecommunication system:
Meaning lacking the ability or strength to move:
Meaning the flat part of something:
Meaning lacking interest or excitement:
doldrums antonyms
Meaning the state of being happy:
Meaning a police officer:
Meaning full of life and energy; active and outgoing:
Words that rhyme with doldrums
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