1. Noun
The act of depressing.
2. Noun
The state of being depressed; a sinking.
3. Noun
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. Noun
Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
5. Noun
Dejection; despondency; lowness.
6. Noun
Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.
7. Noun
The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.
8. Noun
The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.
9. Noun
A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.
10. Noun
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare
11. Noun
a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare
12. Noun
sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
13. Noun
a sunken or depressed geological formation
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
14. Noun
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
Vocabulary classified under Economics
15. Noun
an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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