Thesaurus: depression

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1. n. The act of depressing.
2. n. The state of being depressed; a sinking.
3. n. A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.
4. n. Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
5. n. Dejection; despondency; lowness.
6. n. Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.
7. n. The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.
8. n. The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.
9. n. A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.
10. n. a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
11. n. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
12. n. a sunken or depressed geological formation