depressions

Noun

• a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
• a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
• a sunken or depressed geological formation
• sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
• a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
• an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
• a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
• a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
• angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• pushing down
• plural of depression

Synonyms

clinical depression, depression, Depression, depressive disorder, economic crisis, Great Depression, impression, imprint, low, natural depression, slump

Antonyms

elation, natural elevation