doldrums \dol"drums\ (d[o^]l"dr[u^]mz), 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.
[1913 Webster]
To be in the doldrums, to be in a state of listlessness
ennui, or tedium.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
doldrums
n 1: a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic
growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be
economic stagnation" [syn: stagnation, stagnancy]
2: a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and
southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific [syn: the
doldrums]
WordNet (r) 2.0
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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