1. depression - noun
· a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
Hypernym(s): psychological_state, psychological_condition, mental_state, mental_condition
Antonym(s): elation
2. depression - noun
· a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
Synonym(s): slump, economic_crisis
Hypernym(s): economic_condition, crisis
3. depression - noun
· a sunken or depressed geological formation
Synonym(s): natural_depression
Hypernym(s): geological_formation, formation
Antonym(s): natural_elevation
4. depression - noun
· sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
Hypernym(s): sadness, unhappiness
5. depression - noun
· a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
Synonym(s): Depression, Great_Depression
6. depression - noun
· an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
Synonym(s): low
Hypernym(s): air_mass
7. depression - noun
· a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Synonym(s): depressive_disorder, clinical_depression
Hypernym(s): affective_disorder, major_affective_disorder, emotional_disorder, emotional_disturbance
8. depression - noun
· a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
Synonym(s): impression, imprint
Hypernym(s): concave_shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
9. depression - noun
· angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
Hypernym(s): angular_position
10. depression - noun
· pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"
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