doldrum
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Meaning · English
A slothful or stupid person.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
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
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “doldrum” mean?
A slothful or stupid person.
Is “doldrum” formal or informal?
doldrum is generally slang.