Doldrums

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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