/dɪˈpɹɛʃən/► audioScrabble 13Words With Friends 15
Definition
noun a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity.
noun a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment.
— synonyms: slump, economic_crisis
noun a sunken or depressed geological formation.
— synonyms: natural_depression
noun sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy.
noun a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment.
— synonyms: Great_Depression
noun an air mass of lower pressure.
— synonyms: low
noun a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention.
— synonyms: depressive_disorder, clinical_depression
noun a concavity in a surface produced by pressing.
— synonyms: impression, imprint
noun angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
noun pushing down.
Examples
“I used to suffer from depression, but now I'm mostly content with my life.”
“The Great Depression was the worst financial event in US history.”