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

• 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

• sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

• a sunken or depressed geological formation

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

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  impression , imprint , depressive disorder , clinical depression , low , Depression , Great Depression , natural depression , slump , economic crisis
• Antonyms: 
  natural elevation , elevation , elation