Definition of Depression

Noun

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

888 unscramble word found using the letters depression.
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