Pre-Covid Era

plural: doldrums
1. a state or period of stagnation or depression. 2. a dull, listless, depressed mood; low spirits.
synonyms: depression, melancholy, gloom, gloominess, glumness, downheartedness, dejection, despondency, dispiritedness, heavy-heartedness, heartache, unhappiness, sadness, misery, woe, dismalness, despair, pessimism, hopelessness;