English Explanatory Dictionary

depression

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future; any of several mental disorders with this state of mind as a central feature.
  2. A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
  3. An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
  4. An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
  5. A period of major economic contraction.
  6. Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth (for example, this operational definition is used by the US NBER and many other writers).
  7. The act of lowering or pressing something down.
  8. A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.
name
  1. Synonym of Great Depression.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈpɹɛʃən/ [dɪˈpʰɹʷɛʃən] ~ [dɪˈpʰɹʷɛʃn̩] En-us-depression.ogg /dəˈpɹɛʃən/ [dəˈpʰɹʷɛʃən] ~ [dəˈpʰɹʷɛʃn̩]

Word forms

depression depressions the Depression

Etymology

From Middle English depression, depressioun, from Old French depression, from Latin dēpressiō. Equivalent to depress + -ion.

Synonyms

despondency hopelessness misery blueness tristesse mirthless blues crestfallenness dejection depression distress dolefulness downheartedness drearihead forlornness grief heartsore ill-being infelicity melancholia melancholy mishappiness mourn prosternation regret rue ruth sadness sorrow sorrowfulness tristfulness undelight unhappiness woe woefare wretchedness Great Depression

Antonyms

boom

Related words

depress depressant depressed depressing depressive downturn

Derived words

angle of depression anti-depression antidepression anxiodepression anxio-depression cardiodepression clinical depression cryptodepression depressional depressionary depressionism depressionist depressionless depressionlike dextrodepression double depression freezing-point depression immunodepression inbreeding depression infranasal depression laevodepression manic-depression manic depression microdepression neurodepression nondepression phagodepression post-con depression postdepression postnatal depression post-natal depression postpartum depression post-partum depression pre-depression pseudodepression retarded depression seasonal depression social depression summer depression tropical depression Trumpression undepression vasodepression winter depression

Translations

Afrikaans: depressie Afrikaans: gemoedsbekakking Arabic: اِكْتِئَاب Arabic: إِحْبَاط Arabic: كَسَاد Armenian: դեպրեսիա Belarusian: дэпрэ́сія Bulgarian: уни́ние Bulgarian: депре́сия Bulgarian: икономическа криза Catalan: depressió Chinese Mandarin: 抑鬱症 /抑郁症 Chinese Mandarin: 抑鬱 /抑郁 Chinese Mandarin: 消沉 Chinese Mandarin: 沮喪 /沮丧 Chinese Mandarin: 蕭條 /萧条 Czech: deprese Danish: depression Danish: nedgangstid Danish: lavkonjunktur Dutch: depressie Farefare: sũ-sã'aŋɔ-yuuge Finnish: masennus Finnish: depressio Finnish: depressiokausi Finnish: masennuskausi Finnish: lama Finnish: lamakausi French: dépression German: Depression German: Abschwung Greek: κατάθλιψη Greek: ύφεση Ancient Greek: δυσθυμία Hebrew: דיכאון Hebrew: שפל Hungarian: levertség Hungarian: depresszió Hungarian: (klinikai) depresszió Hungarian: hanyatlás Icelandic: þunglyndi Icelandic: Kreppa Indonesian: depresi Irish: dúlagar Irish: gruaim Irish: spealadh Italian: depressione Japanese: 憂鬱 Japanese: 不振 Japanese: 不況 Khmer: ថ្នាំង Khmer: ភាពដាប Khmer: ឧបាយាស Korean: 우울 Korean: 불경기 Latin: depressio Lithuanian: depresija Macedonian: депресија Malay: tawar hati Malay: kemurungan Malayalam: വിഷാദം Māori: rāwakiwaki Māori: mate pāpōuri Māori: wā o te korekore Māori: paheketanga ohaoha Norwegian Bokmål: depresjon Norwegian Bokmål: nedgangstid Norwegian Nynorsk: depresjon Norwegian Nynorsk: nedgangstid Persian: افسردگی Persian: رکود Persian: کسادی Polish: depresja Portuguese: depressão Portuguese: crise Romanian: depresiune Romanian: deprimare Russian: депре́ссия Russian: уны́ние Scottish Gaelic: dubhachas Scottish Gaelic: airteil Scottish Gaelic: trom-inntinn Scottish Gaelic: sprochd Serbo-Croatian: депресија Serbo-Croatian: depresija
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