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. 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.

2. Sid Mokhtari:

   The pressure from commodity-related assets is probably going to stay with us for a little longer, there's no real catalyst for them to get a lift and that's why we expect this doldrums or this stagnation to persist.

3. John Ing:

   It's the summer doldrums, so there are few bulls around, technically we're oversold, we're due for at least the odd dead-cat bounce ... but I suspect this has got to wring itself out.

4. Stefano Venturi:

   He's done things in 18 months that weren't done in the past 40 years. He's broken taboos - on jobs, banks, the justice system, for foreign investors like us, 50 percent of the decision to invest money in a country depends on the credibility of its leaders. There's faith he can take Italy out of the doldrums.

5. 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.