Depression
[dɪ'preʃ(ə)n] or [dɪ'prɛʃən]
Definition
(noun.) pushing down; 'depression of the space bar on the typewriter'.
(noun.) sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy.
(noun.) angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
(noun.) a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; 'he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud'.
(noun.) a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity.
(noun.) a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment.
(noun.) a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment.
Typed by Juan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of depressing.
(n.) The state of being depressed; a sinking.
(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.
(n.) Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
(n.) Dejection; despondency; lowness.
(n.) Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.
(n.) The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.
(n.) The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.
(n.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.
Editor: Patrick
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Abasement, degradation, deterioration, debasement, perversion, vitiation, depravation.[2]. Hollow, hollowness, cavity, indentation, dent, dint, dimple, excavation, pit.[3]. Dejection, dejectedness, sadness, despondency, melancholy, dumps, blues, lowness of spirits, low spirits, depression of spirits.[4]. Lowness, dulness, inactivity.[5]. (Surg.) Couching.
Checker: Prudence
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Lowering, degradation, debasement, dejection, discouragement, hollow, valley,dip
ANT:Raising, elevation, exaltation, promotion, preferment, amelioration,encouragement, rallying, rising, eminence, mound, prominence
Edited by Elena
Examples
- A salutary moral depression would be the effect. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- At last a day and night of peculiarly agonizing depression were succeeded by physical illness, I took perforce to my bed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She is depressed, but this confinement perhaps adds to her depression. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Thus the digging they did counted in making a depression to stand in, and increased the elevation in front of them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sir James's brow had a little crease in it, a little depression of the eyebrow, which he seemed purposely to exaggerate as he answered. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The guide said the Saviour fell here, also, and made this depression with his elbow. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Otz Valley lies in a mighty depression at the south pole. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- This troubled state yielded by degrees, to sullen animosity, and depression of spirits. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- All about her seemed elastic; depression, fear, forlornness, were withdrawn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Moreover, the respite allowed by a narcotic is exceedingly brief, and a depression which is long and deep inevitably follows. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The rammer being attached to the gun’s cradle or slide, moves with the gun in elevation and depression. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The excitement of the campaign counteracted in George's mind the depression occasioned by the disinheriting letter. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- At this dismal intelligence, I twisted the only button on my waistcoat round and round, and looked in great depression at the fire. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But his godson was much too elated to mark the worthy stockbroker's depression, or the dreary eyes which the kind old gentleman cast upon him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Weakness has wrought terrible depression in me--terrible depression. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The water stands in deep puddles in the depressions forward of their after shoulders. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typist: Marvin