Depression meaning

noun

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

   Oppositeselation

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

   Synonymsslumpeconomic crisis

3. a sunken or depressed geological formation

   Synonymsnatural depression

4. sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

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

   SynonymsGreat Depression

6. an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

   “a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow”

   Synonymslow

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

   Synonymsdepressive disorderclinical depression

8. a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

   “he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud”

   Synonymsimpressionimprint

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

10. pushing down

    “depression of the space bar on the typewriter”