depression
/dɪˈprɛʃən/
noun
- A mental health condition that causes long-lasting feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and loss of interest in daily activities.
- Exercise and social support can help manage symptoms of depression.
- Many people with depression find it hard to get out of bed in the morning.
- She was diagnosed with depression and started therapy.
- A period of economic decline with reduced business activity, high unemployment, and falling prices.
- Economists worry that the country could slide into a depression.
- The Great Depression of the 1930s left millions of people without jobs.
- During the depression, many families lost their homes and farms.
- A sunken or lowered area on a surface.
- Rainwater collected in a depression in the sidewalk.
- The doctor noticed a small depression in the patient's skull.
- The ground had a depression where the old tree stump had been removed.
- A state of feeling very sad, unhappy, or discouraged for a period of time.
- She tried to shake off her depression by going for a walk.
- He felt a wave of depression after hearing the bad news.
- The rainy weather always brings on a mild depression for her.