Uk English Meaning of depression
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Definitions and Meaning of depression in English
depression (n)
a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
a sunken or depressed geological formation
sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
pushing down
depression (n.)
The act of depressing.
The state of being depressed; a sinking.
A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.
Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
Dejection; despondency; lowness.
Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.
The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.
The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.
A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.
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depression
a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity, a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment an
recession,slump,panic,bust,crash,downturn,slowdown,Stagnation
boom,development,growth,advancement,Progress,recovery
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