depression
[noun]
Synonyms:
- low spirits, dejection, despair, despondency, downheartedness, dumps (informal), gloominess, melancholy, sadness, the blues
- recession, economic decline, hard or bad times, inactivity, slump, stagnation
- hollow, bowl, cavity, dent, dimple, dip, indentation, pit, valley

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Antonyms: buoyancy, elation, boom
Contrasted words: glee, hilarity, mirth, expansion, booming, development, growth, advancement, progress
Related Words: boredom, doldrums, ennui, tedium, cavity, hole, pocket, vacuity, vacuum, void, crater, pit, scoop, crash, decline, dislocation, drop, sag, paralysis, stagflation

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English Thesaurus: recession, depression, slump, slowdown, downturn, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

de‧pres‧sion W3 AC /dɪˈpreʃən/ noun
[Word Family: adjective: depressed, depressing, depressant, depressive; noun: depression, depressant, depressive; verb: depress; adverb: depressingly]

1. [uncountable and countable]
a) a medical condition that makes you very unhappy and anxious and often prevents you from living a normal life:
women who suffer from post-natal depression (=that sometimes happens after the birth of a baby)
b) a feeling of sadness that makes you think there is no hope for the future:
Lucy’s mood was one of deep depression.

2. the (Great) Depression the period during the 1930s when there was not much business activity and not many jobs

3. [uncountable and countable] a long period during which there is very little business activity and a lot of people do not have jobs ⇒ recession:
the devastating effects of economic depression

4. [countable] a part of a surface that is lower than the other parts:
depressions in the ground

5. [countable] technical a mass of air under low pressure, that usually causes rain

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

depression
noun
I. unhappiness/mental illness
ADJ. black, deep, serious, severe | acute, chronic | mild | clinical | manic | post-natal
QUANT. bout, fit, period The actor says he suffers frequent bouts of depression. In a fit of depression, she threw away all her favourite books. A period of acute depression can sometimes follow childbirth.
VERB + DEPRESSION develop, fall into, go into, succumb to She fell into a black depression and refused to leave her room.
experience, have, suffer (from) She was diagnosed as having clinical depression.
be treated for His wife had left him and he was being treated for depression.
come out of, get over She was gradually coming out of her depression.
cause, lead to Bereavement can often lead to depression.
relieve, treat a new drug used to treat depression
DEPRESSION + VERB deepen | lift Her depression has lifted now.
PREP. in ~ He may have killed himself in depression.
with ~ He's been off work for months with depression.
PHRASES (a) cause for depression These results should not be a cause for depression.
the depths of depression I was in the depths of depression after receiving my exam results.
feelings of depression, the onset of depression The onset of depression often follows a traumatic event.
a state of depression He was in a state of acute depression.
symptoms of depression, treatment for depression She had been receiving medical treatment for depression.
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[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

depression
II. period of reduced economic activity
ADJ. great, major, serious, severe | economic The country is experiencing a severe economic depression.
VERB + DEPRESSION be in the grip of, experience | go into The housing market has gone into depression.
face
DEPRESSION + VERB deepen The depression seems to be deepening. | end
PREP. during/in a/the ~ Many people lost their jobs in the great depression of the 1930s.
PHRASES the depths of a depression, a period of depression periods of severe economic depression

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

depression
III. hollow part in the surface of sth
ADJ. shallow, slight | deep
PREP. ~ in, ~ on From the air, the photos show a shallow depression on the planet's surface.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

recession a period when a country’s economic growth stops and there is less trade:
The industry has cut jobs due to the recession.
fears that the economy may be sliding into recession
depression a long period during which there is a bad recession, so that there is very little business activity and a lot of people do not have jobs:
During the depression of the 1930s, as many as 20% of the population were jobless.
slump a fairly short period when there is a reduction in business and many people lose their jobs:
The slump in the housing market is making it difficult for people to sell their homes.
slowdown a period when there is a reduction in business activity, that may be the start of a recession:
High prices could tip the slowdown in the US into a world recession.
downturn a period during which there is a reduction in business activity and economic conditions become worse, when before the economy was growing:
Public spending may reduce the effects of the downturn.
crash an occasion when the value of stocks and shares on a stock market falls suddenly and by a large amount, causing economic problems:
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was disastrous for not only the American economy, but for the world economy.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

sadness a sad feeling, caused especially when a happy time is ending, or when you feel sorry about someone else’s unhappiness:
Charles felt a great sense of sadness and loss.
I noticed a little sadness in her eyes.
unhappiness the unhappy feeling you have when you are in a very difficult or unpleasant situation, especially when this lasts for a long time:
After years of unhappiness, she finally decided to leave him.
She was a tense, nervous young woman, whose deep unhappiness was obvious to all those around her.
You do not know how much pain and unhappiness you have caused.
sorrow written the feeling of being very sad, especially because someone has died or because terrible things have happened to you:
There seemed to be nowhere to go to be alone with her sorrow.
His heart was filled with great sorrow after her death.
misery great unhappiness, caused especially by living or working in very bad conditions:
The cold weather is with us again and the misery of the homeless is increasing.
Thousands of families were destined to a life of misery.
The misery and pain he caused were, for him, merely a measure of his success.
despair a feeling of great unhappiness, because very bad things have happened and you have no hope that anything will change:
At the end of the month, she still had no job and was tired, frustrated, and close to despair.
grief great sadness that you feel when someone you love has died:
He was overcome with grief when his wife died.
heartache a strong feeling of great sadness, especially because you miss someone you love:
She remembered the heartache of the first Christmas spent away from her sons.
depression a mental illness that makes someone feel so unhappy that they have no energy or hope for the future, and they cannot live a normal life:
He slipped into a depression in which he hardly ate or even left his room.
despondency formal a feeling of being very unhappy and without hope:
She felt useless, and this contributed to her despondency.
melancholy literary a feeling of sadness, that you feel even though there is no particular reason for it:
Modigliani expressed his melancholy through his painting.

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