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depression

noun

a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
Antonyms: elation
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
Synonyms: economic crisis, slump
a sunken or depressed geological formation
Synonyms: natural depression Antonyms: natural elevation, elevation
sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
Synonyms: the Depression, the Great Depression
an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
Synonyms: low, low pressure
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Synonyms: clinical depression, depressive disorder
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
Synonyms: impression, imprint
angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"