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DEPRESSION

Definition:

[noun] a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
[noun] a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
Synonyms: slump, economic crisis
[noun] a sunken or depressed geological formation
Synonyms: natural
[noun] sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
[noun] a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
Synonyms: Depression, the Depression, the Great Depression
[noun] an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
Synonyms: low, low pressure
[noun] a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Synonyms: depressive disorder, clinical
[noun] a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
Synonyms: impression, imprint
[noun] angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
[noun] pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"