depression

Meaning

1. A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.
2. A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
3. An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
4. An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
5. A period of major economic contraction.
6. Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
7. The act of lowering or pressing something down.
8. A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.

Concepts

depression

melancholy

hollow

dejection

sadness

pit

gloom

slump

grief

melancholia

cavity

dent

sorrow

despondency

recession

hole

crisis

unhappiness

oppression

emergency

low

valley

concavity

low ground

basin

discouragement

imprint

dip

sag

stagnation

despondence

natural depression

economic crisis

recess

despair

concave

dejectedness

gloominess

lowland

apathy

consternation

scoop

trough

moroseness

landing

bottom land

hard times

angle of dip

low spirits

misery

decline

blues

lowering

impression

clinical depression

depressive disorder

prostration

underpressure

hollowness

pitting

excavation

indentation

ditch

shallow hole

deep

hallow

trench

disappointment

sinking

deep sorrow

distress

alarm

deduction

demand

dismay

exhaustion

fatigue

indolence

lifelessness

sale

subtraction

weakness

weariness

sorrowfulness

retirement

retreat

descent

fall

lowlands

plain

business recession

cheerlessness

sullenness

dullness

pond

pool

puddle

shallow lake

well

disheartenment

impatience

low pressure area

downslide

anxiety

malaise

unease

depair

stubbornness

woefulness

spleen

lassitude

doldrums

funk

horror

katzenjammer

wallow

breakdown

heaviness

mirthlessness

moods

decadence

decadency

subsidence

sickliness

low tension

low voltage

low-tension

low-voltage

slight pressure

sulcus

delve

hgollow

kar

rut

scallops

stain

steel pit

dimpling

dishing

falling

declivity

slope

lowness

affliction

poverty

dimple

bay

niche

groove

terrace

low spirit

swamp

gap

water

grieving

subside

weak depression

weak low pressure

lypemania

panic

abatement

check

inhibiting

inhibition

neutralization

quench

rejection

repression

restraining

silence

suppression

settlement

sinkage

fossa

pouch

socket

hopelessness

bear market

downturn

low pressure

partial vacuum

lama

cyclone

droop

indenture

oceanic abyss

gouge

heartache

woe

glumness

trouble

worry

deep hole

low-lying land

cleft

crash

bottom

bottomland

bottoms

low place

agonize

agony

cave in

collapse

sink down

tumble down

boggy

low-lying

muddy

acedia

disinterest

dispassion

whateverism

Hyphenated as

de‧pres‧sion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈpɹɛʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English depression, depressioun, from Old French depression, from Latin dēpressiō.

Sentences

It is one of the most painful conditions and can result in depression .