[ˈdəʊldrəmz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a state or period of stagnation or depression
(e.g: the mortgage market has been in the doldrums for three years)

- an equatorial region of the Atlantic Ocean with calms, sudden storms, and light unpredictable winds
(e.g: Hurricane Verity had been born in the doldrums)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 18th century (as doldrum ‘dull, sluggish person’): perhaps from dull, on the pattern of tantrums