slump
Sink into slouching
Slump describes a sudden or prolonged drop—in posture, performance, or value.
To slump is to sink heavily or collapse: She slumped into the chair.
A slump in sales or housing prices is a decline.
Athletes go through slumps when their performance suffers: He's been in a batting slump all season.
The word suggests heaviness and defeat.
Drooping, lazy posture
collapsed · kyphosis · hunched · wilted · limp · deflated · crumpled · sagging
Economic decline period
- dropFall or release
- fallDescend under gravity
- plungeSudden steep descent
- dipBrief immersion or condiment
slide · tumble · nosedive · collapse · crash · deterioration · decline · decrease
Economic decline period
- depressionProlonged low state
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
- contractionReduction in size
- bustFailure or sculpture
unemployment · austerity · crisis · slowdown · deflation · stagflation · bankruptcy · insolvency
State of utter depletion
- wearinessState of being drained
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- malaiseDiffuse, sourceless discomfort
listlessness · torpor · languor · enervation · drained · spent · deflated · flagging
Total absence of hope
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- doldrumsState of inactivity
- funkDepression or groove music
- lowNot elevated
dejection · gloom · hopelessness · despondency · blue · down · morose · dispirited
slouch
Drooping, lazy posture
sag · collapsed · kyphosis · hunched · wilted · limp · deflated · crumpled · sagging · sunken
downturn
Economic decline period
dip · slide · tumble · nosedive · collapse · crash · deterioration · decline · decrease · plummet
downturn
Economic decline period
- depressionProlonged low state
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
- contractionReduction in size
bust · unemployment · austerity · crisis · slowdown · deflation · stagflation · bankruptcy · insolvency · trough
exhaustion
State of utter depletion
- wearinessState of being drained
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
malaise · listlessness · torpor · languor · enervation · drained · spent · deflated · flagging · doldrums
despair
Total absence of hope
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- doldrumsState of inactivity
- funkDepression or groove music
low · dejection · gloom · hopelessness · despondency · blue · down · morose · dispirited · desolation
underperforming
Doing worse than expected
struggling · skid · funk · rut · yips · bust · benched · demoted
- body movementsflexion, bend, twist, standing, extension
- burnoutburned out, burnt out, burn out, burning out, burnout
- collapsecollapse, cave in, cave-in, fall in, give way
- declinesdrop, decline, downtrend, downturn, downfall
- fatigueexhaustion, tiredness, weariness, lethargy, chronic fatigue
- posture expressionsslouch, hunch, stoop, stand tall, sit up straight
slumpsit up straight
straighten · stand tall · stand at attention · straighten up · bolt upright
slumphot streak
Sustained period of success
winning streak · surge · rally · peak · purple patch
- sophomore slumpPost-debut performance drop
- slumped shouldersForward-drooping upper frame
- afternoon slumpMidday tiredness after eating
- reading slumpInability to enjoy books