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List of meaning for depression

feelings of emotional sadness and dejection

depression(noun)

a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

depression, slump, economic crisis(noun)

a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

natural depression, depression(noun)

a sunken or depressed geological formation

depression(noun)

sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

Depression, Great Depression(noun)

a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

low, depression(noun)

an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

"a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"

depressive disorder, clinical depression, depression(noun)

a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

depression, impression, imprint(noun)

a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

"he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"

depression(noun)

angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

depression(noun)

pushing down

"depression of the space bar on the typewriter"

a period of decreased economic activity

during the 1930s the U.S. suffered a great depression

a state or spell of low spirits

she called her friend to see if a sympathetic ear would relieve his depression

a sunken area forming a separate space

the water generally collects in the patchwork of depressions in the city plaza

the amount by which something is lessened

a depression in the number of new homes being built

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