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depression

/ depression /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
pushing down
"depression of the space bar on the typewriter"
Type of:
push pushing
Kinds of:
click mouse click
Derived:
press down depress
noun Sense 2
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
Type of:
financial condition economic condition
Kinds of:
Great Depression
Derived:
slump fall off sink
noun Sense 3
a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
Opposites:
elation
Type of:
psychological state mental state
Kinds of:
melancholia blues blue devils megrims vapors
noun Sense 4
a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
Type of:
time period period of time period
noun Sense 5
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
"he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
Type of:
concave shape concavity incurvation
Kinds of:
dimple groove channel dip incision
noun Sense 6
angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
Type of:
angular position
noun Sense 7
sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
Type of:
sadness unhappiness
Kinds of:
demoralization demoralisation helplessness despondency despondence
noun Sense 8
a sunken or depressed geological formation
Opposites:
natural elevation elevation
Type of:
geological formation formation
Kinds of:
basin bed bottom crater hole
noun Sense 9
an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
"a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
Type of:
air mass
Has parts:
cyclone
noun Sense 10
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Type of:
affective disorder major affective disorder emotional disorder
Kinds of:
agitated depression anaclitic depression dysthymia dysthymic depression endogenous depression
Semantic Complexity
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Sense Count
10
Total Synonyms
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Total Relationships
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push pushing click mouse click financial condition economic condition Great Depression psychological state mental state melancholia blues blue devils