Depression
[n] pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"
[n] sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
[n] a sunken or depressed geological formation
[n] a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
[n] angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
[n] a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
[n] a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
[n] a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
[n] a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
[n] an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
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Synonyms
clinical depression, depressive disorder, economic crisis, impression, imprint, low, low pressure, natural depression, slump, the Depression, the Great Depression
Related Terms
abatement, abridgment, abstraction, abulia, aching heart, agony, agony of mind, alienation, alleviation, alveolation, alveolus, anguish, antrum, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, armpit, attenuation, bad times, bale, basin, bitterness, b