Depression — synonyms, depression antonyms, definition

1. depression (Noun)

Great Depression basin blues bowl cavity check chill chip clinical depression collapse concavity crash crater damp decline dejection dent depressive disorder descent despair • • • elation

depression (Noun) — A mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity.

depression (Noun) — A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment.

depression (Noun) — A sunken or depressed geological formation.

depression (Noun) — Sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy.

depression (Noun) — An air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation. ex. "a depression moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"

depression (Noun) — A state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention.

depression (Noun) — A concavity in a surface produced by pressing. ex. "he left the depression of his fingers in the soft mud"

depression (Noun) — Angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object).

depression (Noun) — Pushing down. ex. "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"

depression (Noun) — A period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment.

affective disorder age air mass angular position concave shape concavity crisis economic condition emotional disorder emotional disturbance formation geological formation historic period incurvation incurvature major affective disorder mental condition mental state psychological condition psychological state • • • Great Depression agitated depression anaclitic depression basin bed blue devils blue funk blues bottom cafard channel chap click crack cranny crater crease crevice crinkle deep • • • cyclone