Doldrum
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdɒldɹəm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Doldrum is a noun meaning Boring, uninteresting.
Meaning
Boring, uninteresting.
More Meanings
- (slang, obsolete) A slothful or stupid person.
Example Sentences
She quit her doldrum job and left to seek a life of adventure.
Were there no "tears and miseries," when the half-witted doldrums, thinking they were not big enough to be seen, put themselves on horseback, to bask and frolic in a procession, and meet their man-midwife, or surgeon, or whatever he is, who had left his business at Norwich, to go to London, for the purpose of administering their little nostrum to the Prince Regent?
Word Forms
- doldrums
Synonyms for doldrum
Depending on context, synonyms include dullard, addle-brain, addlehead, airhead, baboon, beanbrain.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stagnation, stagnancy, sluggishness, difficulties, slowdown, slump.
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