slumps
Declines in performance
Slumps is the plural noun and third-person singular verb form of slump.
A slump is a period of decline or poor performance, whether in economics the housing slump, sports a batting slump, or personal energy.
The verb describes sudden dropping or sagging: She slumped into the chair after a long day.
Physical slumping involves the body collapsing or slouching; figurative slumping involves declining numbers or diminished output.
Prolonged economic decline
- downturnEconomic decline period
- declineDecrease or refuse
- depressionProlonged low state
- contractionReduction in size
slowdown · trough · correction · bust · stagnation · crisis · deflation · malaise
Drooping, lazy posture
crouch · collapsed · wilted · hunched · bent · bowed · rounded · curled
Decrease or refuse
- downturnEconomic decline period
- dipBrief immersion or condiment
- falloffDecrease in amount
- dropoffAbrupt descent point
rut · tailspin · nosedive · setback · collapse · skid · slide · freefall
State of lowness
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- depressionProlonged low state
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- doldrumsState of inactivity
funk · gloom · despair · low · hopelessness · discouragement · malaise · blues
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- downturnEconomic decline period
- declineDecrease or refuse
- depressionProlonged low state
contraction · slowdown · trough · correction · bust · stagnation · crisis · deflation · malaise · dip
slouch
Drooping, lazy posture
stoop · crouch · collapsed · wilted · hunched · bent · bowed · rounded · curled · caved
decline
Decrease or refuse
dropoff · rut · tailspin · nosedive · setback · collapse · skid · slide · freefall · deterioration
dejection
State of lowness
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- depressionProlonged low state
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
doldrums · funk · gloom · despair · low · hopelessness · discouragement · malaise · blues · listlessness
exhaustion
State of utter depletion
burnout · drained · enervation · listlessness · collapse · flagging · spent · sapped · debility · prostration
- sport psychologymental toughness, flow state, self-talk, concentration, confidence
- falls offdrops, tumbles, slips, detaches, topples
- sitting downtakes a seat, plops, settles, perches, squats
slumpsstraightens
Makes not crooked
stands tall · perks up · stiffens · braces · stands at attention
- sophomore slumpPost-debut performance drop
- slumped shouldersForward-drooping upper frame
- afternoon slumpMidday tiredness after eating
- reading slumpInability to enjoy books