NOUN | state | depression | a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity |
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state | depression, slump, economic crisis | a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices / prices and low levels of trade and investment | |
object | depression, natural depression | a sunken or depressed geological formation | |
feeling | depression | sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | |
time | Depression, Great Depression | a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide / worldwide / worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment | |
state | depression, low | an air mass of lower pressure | |
state | depression, depressive disorder, clinical depression | a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention | |
shape | depression, impression, imprint | a concavity in a surface produced by pressing | |
relation | depression | angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) | |
act | depression | pushing down |
Sounds | dihpreh'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | A mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity. | |
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Narrower | blues, blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours | A state of depression |
dejection | A state of melancholy depression | |
funk, blue funk | A state of nervous depression | |
low spirits | A state of mild depression | |
melancholia | extreme / extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears | |
melancholy | A constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed | |
slough of despond | (formal) extreme / extreme depression | |
Broader | psychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition | (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic |
Opposite | elation | An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism |
Spanish | depresión | |
Catalan | depressió |
Meaning | A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices / prices and low levels of trade and investment. | |
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Synonyms | slump, economic crisis | |
Instances | Great Depression | The economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s |
Broader | crisis | An unstable / unstable situation of extreme / extreme danger or difficulty |
economic condition | The condition of the economy | |
Spanish | crisis económica, depresión | |
Catalan | crisi econòmica, depressió |
Meaning | sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy. | |
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Narrower | demoralization, demoralisation | depression resulting from an undermining of your morale |
despondency, despondence, heartsickness, disconsolateness | Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless | |
dysphoria | Abnormal depression and discontent | |
helplessness | A feeling of being unable to manage | |
oppression, oppressiveness | A feeling of being oppressed | |
Broader | sadness, unhappiness | emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being |
Spanish | depre, depresión | |
Catalan | depre, depressió |
Meaning | A period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide / worldwide / worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment. | |
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Synonym | Great Depression | |
Instance of | historic period, age | An era of history having some distinctive feature |
Meaning | An air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation. | |
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Synonym | low | |
Part of | cyclone | (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center |
Broader | air mass | A large body of air with uniform / uniform characteristics / characteristics horizontally |
Spanish | bajas presiones, depresión | |
Catalan | baixes pressions, depressió |
Meaning | A concavity in a surface produced by pressing. | |
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Synonyms | impression, imprint | |
Narrower | crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap | A long narrow depression in a surface |
dimple | A small natural hollow in the cheek or chin | |
dimple | Any slight depression in a surface | |
dip | A depression in an otherwise level surface | |
groove, channel | A long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) | |
incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent | A depression scratched or carved into a surface | |
sag, droop | A shape that sags | |
wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line | A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface | |
Broader | concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature | A shape that curves or bends inward |
Spanish | impresión, marca | |
Catalan | emprempta, impressió, marca |
Meaning | angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object). | |
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Broader | angular position | relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established |
Spanish | depresión | |
Catalan | depressió |
Meaning | pushing down. | |
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Example | "depression of the space bar on the typewriter" | |
Narrower | click, mouse click | depression of a button on a computer mouse |
Broader | push, pushing | The act of applying force in order to move something away |
Spanish | pulsación | |
Catalan | depressió | |
Verbs | depress | press down |
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