Synonyms for doldrums
ˈdoʊl drəmz, ˈdɒl-, ˈdɔl-dol·drums

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1. stagnation, stagnancy, doldrumsnoun

   a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)

   "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"

   Synonyms:
   stagnancy, stagnation

2. doldrumsnoun

   a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific

   Synonyms:
   stagnancy, stagnation

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1. • Business
   • Inaction
   • Wind

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1. List of paraphrases for "doldrums":

   downturn, slump

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1. Norihiro Fujito:

   Those tech firm shares have been in a bit of the doldrums since August but they are likely to lead the market again, given their solid outlook.

2. Michael Brunson:

   When we sing in stuffy offices and stuffy places, people eat it up because the world's gotten so corporate and PC, when you've got four guys in tuxedos walking around singing barbershop, it's such a deviation from the doldrums of proper business. There is a lighthearted irreverence to barbershop. We look at the way the world works and say, 'Everything's become so not fun, so let's make it fun again.'.

3. John Kinsey:

   The banks reported last week and they were pretty much as advertised. Scotia is up today, but the others are all stuck in the mud, it's not a very robust start to the new month. We do have the summer doldrums, as they say, coming up.

4. Scott C. Holstad:

   we sweat through our doldrums somehow, sheer insane boredom; society can no longer focus and my poems keep drying up and blowing away.

5. Norihiro Fujito:

   Microsoft’s earnings were superb, even compared with strong market expectations, those tech firm shares have been in a bit of the doldrums since August but they are likely to lead the market again, given their solid outlook.