depression
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
- definition a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
- definition a sunken or depressed geological formation
- definition sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
- definition an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
- definition a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
- definition a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
- definition angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- definition pushing down