Definition of Depression

  • 1. A mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity Noun
  • 2. A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment Noun
  • 3. A sunken or depressed geological formation Noun
  • 4. Sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy Noun
  • 5. A period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment Noun
  • 6. An air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation Noun
  • 7. A state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention Noun
  • 8. A concavity in a surface produced by pressing Noun
  • 9. Angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) Noun
  • 10. Pushing down Noun

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