Noun Definition

depression

1.Definition: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

Related Noun(s):impression, imprint

Category: General

2.Definition: a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

Related Noun(s):slump

Category: General

3.Definition: a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

Category: General

4.Definition: a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

Category: General

5.Definition: a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

Category: General

6.Definition: a sunken or depressed geological formation

Category: Objects

7.Definition: an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

Related Noun(s):low

Category: General

8.Definition: angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

Category: General

9.Definition: pushing down

"Depression of the space bar on the typewriter"

Category: General

10.Definition: sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

Category: Feelings