[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"depression"[/SIZE][/B] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity [ant: [URL=http://www.word.sc/elation]elation[/URL]] [*]a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/slump]slump[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/economic crisis]economic crisis[/URL]] [*]a sunken or depressed geological formation [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/natural depression]natural depression[/URL]] [ant: [URL=http://www.word.sc/natural elevation]natural elevation[/URL]] [*]sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy [*]a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/the Depression]the Depression[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/the Great Depression]the Great Depression[/URL]] [*]an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/low]low[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/low pressure]low pressure[/URL]] [*]a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/depressive disorder]depressive disorder[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/clinical depression]clinical depression[/URL]] [*]a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/impression]impression[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/imprint]imprint[/URL]] [*]angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) [*]pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter" [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/depression]http://www.word.sc/depression[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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