Meaning
To be in a low spirit
Examples
When I got to know about the increasing cases of COVID 19 in my area, I was in the doldrums.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What does the idiom ‘To be in the doldrums’ mean?
The idiom ‘To be in the doldrums’ means “to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged”
How do you use ‘To be in the doldrums’ in a sentence?
Example usage of idiom ‘To be in the doldrums’: Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.