Synonyms: depression
Definition: pushing down
Usage: depression of the space bar on the typewriter
Definition: the act of applying force in order to move something away
Usage: he gave the door a hard push; the pushing is good exercise
Synonyms: depression
Definition: sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
Similar words: sadness, unhappiness
Definition: emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
Synonyms: natural depression, depression
Definition: a sunken or depressed geological formation
Similar words: geological formation, formation
Definition: (geology) the geological features of the earth
Synonyms: depression
Definition: angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
Similar words: angular position
Definition: relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established
Synonyms: depression, impression, imprint
Definition: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
Usage: he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
Similar words: incurvation, incurvature, concave shape, concavity
Definition: a shape that curves or bends inward
Synonyms: depression, depressive disorder, clinical depression
Definition: a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Similar words: affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder
Definition: any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
Synonyms: depression
Definition: a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
Similar words: mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state
Definition: (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
Usage: a manic state
Synonyms: slump, depression, economic crisis
Definition: a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
Similar words: crisis
Definition: an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
Usage: they went bankrupt during the economic crisis
Similar words: economic condition
Definition: the condition of the economy
Synonyms: low, depression
Definition: an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
Usage: a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow
Similar words: air mass
Definition: a large body of air with uniform characteristics horizontally
Synonyms: Great Depression, Depression
Definition: a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
Similar words: historic period, age
Definition: an era of history having some distinctive feature
Usage: we live in a litigious age