a low ebb

a bad state (not used with the ) Respect for the police is at a low ebb. I'd just separated from my wife and was at a fairly low ebb. (= was feeling sad and without hope) Relations between the two countries have reached their lowest ebb (= are the worst they have been) since the second world war.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Melete	-	Greek Mythology
Vyacheslav	vya-chye-SLAHF (Russian), vya-chee-SLAHF (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Dieuwert	-	Frisian
Ignaas	ikh-NAH:S	Dutch
Ofydd	-	Welsh
Taru	TAH-roo	Finnish