About The Word Doldrums
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Doldrums
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What's The Definition Of Doldrums?
[n] a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
[n] a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation" Synonyms | Synonyms for Doldrums: stagnancy | stagnation | the doldrums Related Terms | Find terms related to Doldrums: anticyclone | antitrades | apathy | blahs | blue devils | blues | boredom | calm | cold storage | dead calm | deathlike calm | dejection | depression | disinterest | dismals | dolefuls | dormancy | dumps | ennui | flat calm | gloom | horse latitudes | inactivity | indifference | intermission | interruption | latency | listlessness | lull | megrims | mopes | mulligrubs | mumps | oily calm | polar easterlies | prevailing westerlies | quiescence | quiescency | retardation | roaring forties | slump | stagnation | sulks | suspension | trade wind | trades | wind-equator | windlessness | yawn See Also | inaction | inactiveness | inactivity | recession | wind Doldrums In Webster's Dictionary \Dol"drums\, n. pl. [Cf. Gael. doltrum grief,
vexation?]
A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms,
squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent
all progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors.
{To be in the doldrums}, to be in a state of listlessness
ennui, or tedium.
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