de·pres·sion (d -pr sh  n)n. 1. a. The act of depressing. b. The condition of being depressed. 2. An area that is sunk below its surroundings; a hollow. 3. The condition of feeling sad or despondent. 4. Psychology A psychiatric disorder characterized by an inability to concentrate, insomnia, loss of appetite, anhedonia, feelings of extreme sadness, guilt, helplessness and hopelessness, and thoughts of death. Also called clinical depression. 5. a. A reduction in activity or force. b. A reduction in physiological vigor or activity: a depression in respiration. c. A lowering in amount, degree, or position. 6. Economics a. A period of drastic decline in a national or international economy, characterized by decreasing business activity, falling prices, and unemployment. b. Depression The worldwide economic depression from the late 1920s through the 1930s. In the United States, it began with the stock market crash in October, 1929. 7. Meteorology A region of low barometric pressure. 8. The angular distance below the horizontal plane through the point of observation. 9. Astronomy The angular distance of a celestial body below the horizon. |
depression [dɪˈprɛʃən]
n
1. the act of depressing or state of being depressed
2. a depressed or sunken place or area
3. (Psychiatry) a mental disorder characterized by extreme gloom, feelings of inadequacy, and inability to concentrate
4. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol an abnormal lowering of the rate of any physiological activity or function, such as respiration
5. (Economics) an economic condition characterized by substantial and protracted unemployment, low output and investment, etc.; slump
6. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Also called cyclone low Meteorol a large body of rotating and rising air below normal atmospheric pressure, which often brings rain
7. (Mathematics & Measurements / Surveying) (Astronomy) (esp in surveying and astronomy) the angular distance of an object, celestial body, etc., below the horizontal plane through the point of observation Compare elevation [11]
Depression [dɪˈprɛʃən]
n
(Historical Terms) (usually preceded by the) the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment Also called the Great Depression the Slump
| depression (d-prshn) 1. A geographic area, such as a sinkhole or basin, that is lower than its surroundings. 2. A mood disorder characterized by an inability to experience pleasure, difficulty in concentrating, disturbance of sleep and appetite, and feelings of sadness, guilt, and helplessness. 3. A reduction in the activity of a physiological process, such as respiration. 4. A region of low atmospheric pressure. Low pressure systems result in precipitation, ranging from mild to severe in intensity. See also cyclone. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  depression - a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activitymental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state" melancholia - extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours, blues - a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues" melancholy - a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed slough of despond - (formal) extreme depression low spirits - a state of mild depression dejection - a state of melancholy depression elation - an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression |
| 2. | depression - a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment crisis - an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis" economic condition - the condition of the economy | |
| 3. | depression - a sunken or depressed geological formation basin - a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake" bed, bottom - a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed" crater - a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb geological formation, formation - (geology) the geological features of the earth lowland - low level country sinkhole, swallow hole, sink - a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof trough - a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed) | |
| 4. | depression - sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy sadness, unhappiness - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being demoralisation, demoralization - depression resulting from an undermining of your morale helplessness - a feeling of being unable to manage despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, heartsickness - feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless oppressiveness, oppression - a feeling of being oppressed dysphoria - abnormal depression and discontent | |
| 5. | Depression - a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment | |
| 6. |  depression - an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"air mass - a large body of air with uniform characteristics horizontally cyclone - (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern | |
| 7. | depression - a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder - any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant agitated depression - a state of clinical depression in which the person exhibits irritability and restlessness anaclitic depression - severe and progressive depression in infants who lose their mother and do not get a suitable substitute dysthymia, dysthymic depression - mild chronic depression; "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia" endogenous depression - a state of depression for which there is no apparent precipitating cause exogenous depression, reactive depression - an inappropriate state of depression that is precipitated by events in the person's life (to be distinguished from normal grief) major depressive episode - (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction neurotic depression - a term used for any state of depression that is not psychotic psychotic depression - a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments retarded depression - a state of clinical depression in which the individual is lethargic and slow to initiate action | |
| 8. | depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" dimple - a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled" 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) dimple - any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball" dip - a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip in the road" | |
| 9. | depression - angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) angular position - relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established | |
| 10. | depression - pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter" push, pushing - the act of applying force in order to move something away; "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise" mouse click, click - depression of a button on a computer mouse; "a click on the right button for example" |
depression
noun
1. despair, misery, sadness, dumps (informal), the blues, melancholy, unhappiness, hopelessness, despondency, the hump (Brit. informal), bleakness, melancholia, dejection, wretchedness, low spirits, gloominess, dolefulness, cheerlessness, downheartedness I slid into a depression and became morbidly fascinated with death.
2. recession, slump, economic decline, stagnation, inactivity, hard or bad times He never forgot the hardships he witnessed during the depression.
3. hollow, pit, dip, bowl, valley, sink, impression, dent, sag, cavity, excavation, indentation, dimple, concavity an area pockmarked by rainfilled depressions
Quotations
"It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours" [Harry S. Truman]
"It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours" [Harry S. Truman]
Translations
depression [dɪˈprɛʃən] n
(ECONOMICS) (= slump) → dépression f
(METEOROLOGY) (= area of low pressure) → dépression f atmosphérique
(= hollow) → creux m
depression
n
→ Depression f; (Med) → Depressionen pl
(of lever) → Herunter- or Niederdrücken nt; (of key, push button) → Drücken nt, → Betätigen nt, → Betätigung f
depression [dɪˈprɛʃ/ən] n (gen) (Med, Econ, Met) → depressione f
the economy is in a state of depression → è in atto una crisi economica
the Depression → la Grande depressione
depression [dɪˈprɛʃ/ən] n (gen) (Med, Econ, Met) → depressione f
the economy is in a state of depression → è in atto una crisi economica
the Depression → la Grande depressione
the economy is in a state of depression → è in atto una crisi economica
the Depression → la Grande depressione
depression [dɪˈprɛʃ/ən] n (gen) (Med, Econ, Met) → depressione f
the economy is in a state of depression → è in atto una crisi economica
the Depression → la Grande depressione
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