doldrums
Becalmed mental state
The doldrums are a state of stagnation or listlessness: The economy has been in the doldrums for months, She's been in the doldrums since the breakup.
The word comes from a region near the equator where sailing ships could be becalmed for weeks in still air—the original doldrums were geographical before becoming psychological.
Prolonged low state
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
- malaiseDiffuse, sourceless discomfort
ennui · lethargy · apathy · gloom · boredom · stagnation · low spirits · funk
Prolonged economic decline
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
- slumpExtended period of decline
- downturnEconomic decline period
- declineDecrease or refuse
slowdown · contraction · trough · standstill · plateau · lull · rut · sluggishness
Subtropical zones of calm
- becalmedLeft motionless by windlessness
- trade windsReliable equatorial air currents
- sailingWind-propelled water travel
- marinersThose who work ships
dead calm · windless · still air · clipper ships · square-rigger · canvas · sea lane · passage
depression
Prolonged low state
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
malaise · ennui · lethargy · apathy · gloom · boredom · stagnation · low spirits · funk · slump
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
- slumpExtended period of decline
- downturnEconomic decline period
decline · slowdown · contraction · trough · standstill · plateau · lull · rut · sluggishness · flatline
horse latitudes
Subtropical zones of calm
- becalmedLeft motionless by windlessness
- trade windsReliable equatorial air currents
- sailingWind-propelled water travel
mariners · dead calm · windless · still air · clipper ships · square-rigger · canvas · sea lane · passage · crossing
- fatigueexhaustion, tiredness, weariness, lethargy, chronic fatigue
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
- slumpsslump, lull, losing streak, cold streak, rut
- stagnationstagnation, standstill, stasis, deadlock, stalemate
- sufferingagony, anguish, misery, pain, torment
- tropical weatherhurricane, tropical storm, tropical cyclone, hurricanes, tropical depression
doldrumselation
Intense triumphant joy
euphoria · exhilaration · joy · happiness · exuberance
doldrumsvigor
Active physical strength
vitality · momentum · dynamism · energy · liveliness
doldrumsmomentum
Product of mass, velocity
progress · advancement · forward motion · headway · continuation
- in the doldrumsState of stagnation