DEPRESSION

/dɪˈpɹɛʃən/ ► audio Scrabble 13 Words With Friends 15

Scrabble letter values: D2E1P3R1E1S1S1I1O1N1 = 13

Definition

  1. noun a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity.
  2. noun a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment. — synonyms: slump, economic_crisis
  3. noun a sunken or depressed geological formation. — synonyms: natural_depression
  4. noun sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy.
  5. noun a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment. — synonyms: Great_Depression
  6. noun an air mass of lower pressure. — synonyms: low
  7. noun a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention. — synonyms: depressive_disorder, clinical_depression
  8. noun a concavity in a surface produced by pressing. — synonyms: impression, imprint
  9. noun angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
  10. noun pushing down.

Examples

  • “often brings precipitation”
  • “a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow”
  • “he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud”

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