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in the doldrums
adjective as in dispirited
adjective as in down in the mouth
adjective as in moody
Strong matches
Weak matches
- angry
- cantankerous
- capricious
- changeable
- crabbed
- crestfallen
- dismal
- doleful
- dour
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- erratic
- fickle
- fitful
- flighty
- frowning
- gloomy
- glum
- huffy
- ill-humored
- ill-tempered
- impulsive
- in a huff
- introspective
- irascible
- irritable
- lugubrious
- mercurial
- miserable
- moping
- morose
- offended
- out of sorts
- pensive
- petulant
- piqued
- sad
- saturnine
- short-tempered
- splenetic
- sullen
- testy
- touchy
Example Sentences
The box office has been in the doldrums for years, with fewer hits, more flops and lower total receipts than before the pandemic.
That could bode good news for the sector’s future share-price performance, which has been in the doldrums since auto dealer Tricolor’s bankruptcy on Sept. 10 first made investors wary this year.
Still, the reconstructive surgery space isn’t totally in the doldrums, with the fundamentals in the market remaining in place, according to Singh.
They had been really in the doldrums, but to see that guy out there warming up in the bullpen — I mean, that is throwback stuff, man.
Consumer sentiment remains in the doldrums despite record highs in the stock market.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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