depression
(noun)
noun
1. a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
Definition categories: state
2. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
Similar word(s): slump
Definition categories: state, crisis
3. a sunken or depressed geological formation
Definition categories: object, formation
4. sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
Definition categories: feeling, sadness, unhappiness
5. a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
Definition categories: time
6. an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
Similar word(s): low
Definition categories: state
7. a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Definition categories: state
8. a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
Similar word(s): impression, imprint
Definition categories: shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
9. angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
Definition categories: link
10. pushing down
- depression of the space bar on the typewriter
Definition categories: act, push, pushing
Sentences with depression as a noun:
- I used to suffer from depression, but now I'm mostly content with my life.
- The Great Depression was the worst financial event in US history.