Meaning of DOLDRUMS
| Pronunciation: | | 'dowldrumz
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | stagnancy, stagnation, the doldrums |
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| | See Also: | | inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, recession, wind | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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