DEPRESSION
Scrabble letter values: D2E1P3R1E1S1S1I1O1N1 = 13
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
- “often brings precipitation”
- “a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow”
- “he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud”