depression




depression - 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

    • depression - thesaurus

    impression   imprint   low   slump  


    View spelling list After s use sion and learn about the word depression in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 28. Word endings: -tion, -cian, -sion.

    Scrabble score for depression

    d is 2 e is 1 p is 3 r is 1 e is 1 s is 1 s is 1 i is 1 o is 1 n is 1
    Scrabble score = 13

    Please note that scrabble only allows seven tiles to be placed at once.

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