Doldrums

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • noun-plural. A period of stagnation or slump.
  • noun-plural. A period of depression or unhappy listlessness.
  • noun-plural. A region of the ocean near the equator, characterized by calms, light winds, or squalls.
  • noun-plural. The weather conditions characteristic of these regions of the ocean.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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
  • n. the state of boredom, malaise, apathy or lack of interest; a state of listlessness ennui, or tedium
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun-plural. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Low spirits; the dumps: as, he is in the doldrums.
  • Nautical, certain parts of the ocean near the equator that a bound in calms, squalls, and light baffling winds; also, the calms or variations of weather characteristic of those parts.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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)
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    dullness    depression   
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