doldrums
English Thesaurus
1. a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | air current, current of air, wind, |
| definition | : | air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure (noun.phenomenon) |
2. a state of inactivity (in business or art etc) (noun.state)
| derivation | : | idle, laze, slug, stagnate, |
| definition | : | be idle; exist in a changeless situation (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | stagnate, |
| definition | : | cause to stagnate (verb.stative) |
| derivation | : | stagnate, |
| definition | : | stand still (verb.stative) |
| derivation | : | moribund, stagnant, |
| definition | : | not growing or changing; without force or vitality (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | idle, laze, slug, stagnate, |
| definition | : | be idle; exist in a changeless situation (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | stagnate, |
| definition | : | cause to stagnate (verb.stative) |
| derivation | : | stagnate, |
| definition | : | stand still (verb.stative) |
| derivation | : | moribund, stagnant, |
| definition | : | not growing or changing; without force or vitality (adj.all) |
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