depression
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
climatology
economics
geography
human-sciences
medicine
meteorology
natural-sciences
physiology
psychology
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English depression, depressioun, from Old French depression, from Latin dēpressiō. Equivalent to depress + -ion.
Base: depress
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: depressions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future; any of several mental disorders with this state of mind as a central feature.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: I used to suffer from depression, but now I'm mostly content with my life.
It is that Mr. Levi's death could not be dissociated from the major depression with which he was afflicted, and that indeed his suicide proceeded directly from that illness.
gloss: A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: […] your illness reflects the textbook description of bipolar disorder (euphoric, grandiose, manic highs followed by deep depressions,[…]
His first major breakdown occurred when his son was five years old; he continued to go to pieces periodically, with a particularly deep depression that lasted from the time Bill was in sixth grade until the time he finished junior high[…]
Many alcoholics who die from suicide suffer from deep depressions that are quite frequently protracted,[…]
gloss: An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
These large [mazes] led to smaller ones which were constructed to hold in the hand, usually in the form of a circular tray. In these a marble was contained which had to be manipulated to roll into a depression in the centre.
gloss: An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A period of major economic contraction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A period of major economic contraction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The Great Depression was the worst financial event in US history.
gloss: The act of lowering or pressing something down.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Depression of the lever starts the machine.
gloss: A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: depress
depressant
depressed
depressing
depressive
downturn
Derived words: angle of depression
anti-depression
antidepression
anxiodepression
anxio-depression
cardiodepression
clinical depression
cryptodepression
depressional
depressionary
depressionism
depressionist
depressionless
depressionlike
dextrodepression
double depression
freezing-point depression
immunodepression
inbreeding depression
infranasal depression
laevodepression
manic-depression
manic depression
microdepression
neurodepression
nondepression
phagodepression
post-con depression
postdepression
postnatal depression
post-natal depression
postpartum depression
post-partum depression
pre-depression
pseudodepression
retarded depression
seasonal depression
social depression
summer depression
tropical depression
Trumpression
undepression
vasodepression
winter depression
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: depressie
lang: Afrikaans
word: gemoedsbekakking
lang: Arabic
word: اِكْتِئَاب
roman: iktiʔāb
lang: Arabic
word: إِحْبَاط
roman: ʔiḥbāṭ
lang: Armenian
word: դեպրեսիա
roman: depresia
lang: Belarusian
word: дэпрэ́сія
roman: deprésija
lang: Bulgarian
word: уни́ние
roman: unínie
lang: Bulgarian
word: депре́сия
roman: deprésija
lang: Catalan
word: depressió
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 抑鬱症 /抑郁症
roman: yìyùzhèng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 抑鬱 /抑郁
roman: yìyù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 消沉
roman: xiāochén
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 沮喪 /沮丧
roman: jǔsàng
lang: Czech
word: deprese
lang: Danish
word: depression
lang: Dutch
word: depressie
lang: Farefare
word: sũ-sã'aŋɔ-yuuge
lang: Finnish
word: masennus
lang: Finnish
word: depressio
lang: French
word: dépression
lang: German
word: Depression
lang: Greek
word: κατάθλιψη
roman: katáthlipsi
lang: Ancient Greek
word: δυσθυμία
roman: dusthumía
lang: Hebrew
word: דיכאון
roman: dikaon
lang: Hindi
word: अवसाद
roman: avsād
lang: Hungarian
word: levertség
lang: Hungarian
word: depresszió
lang: Icelandic
word: þunglyndi
lang: Indonesian
word: depresi
lang: Irish
word: dúlagar
lang: Italian
word: depressione
lang: Japanese
word: 憂鬱
roman: yūutsu
lang: Khmer
word: ថ្នាំង
roman: tnaŋ
lang: Khmer
word: ភាពដាប
roman: pʰiep daap
lang: Khmer
word: ឧបាយាស
roman: u’paayaah
lang: Korean
word: 우울
roman: uul
lang: Latin
word: depressio
lang: Lithuanian
word: depresija
lang: Macedonian
word: депресија
roman: depresija
lang: Malay
word: tawar hati
lang: Malay
word: kemurungan
lang: Malayalam
word: വിഷാദം
roman: viṣādaṁ
lang: Māori
word: rāwakiwaki
lang: Māori
word: mate pāpōuri
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: depresjon
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: depresjon
lang: Persian
word: افسردگی
roman: afsordegi
lang: Polish
word: depresja
lang: Portuguese
word: depressão
lang: Romanian
word: depresiune
lang: Romanian
word: deprimare
lang: Russian
word: депре́ссия
roman: depréssija
lang: Russian
word: уны́ние
roman: unýnije
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: dubhachas
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: airteil
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: trom-inntinn
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sprochd
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: депресија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: depresija
lang: Slovak
word: depresia
lang: Slovene
word: depresija
lang: Spanish
word: depresión
lang: Swedish
word: depression
lang: Tagalog
word: depresyon
lang: Thai
word: ความซึมเศร้า
roman: kwaam-sʉm-sâo
lang: Thai
word: อารมณ์ซึมเศร้า
roman: aa-rom-sʉm-sâo
lang: Thai
word: โรคซึมเศร้า
roman: rôok-sʉm-sâo
lang: Tocharian B
word: silñe
lang: Tok Pisin
word: sik bilong bel hevi
lang: Turkish
word: depresyon
lang: Turkish
word: bunalım
lang: Ukrainian
word: депре́сія
roman: deprésija
lang: Urdu
word: افسردگی
roman: afsurdagī
lang: Welsh
word: iselder ysbryd
lang: Welsh
word: iselder
lang: Yiddish
word: דעפרעסיע
roman: depresie
lang: Danish
word: depression
lang: Finnish
word: depressio
lang: Finnish
word: depressiokausi
lang: Finnish
word: masennus
lang: Finnish
word: masennuskausi
lang: Hindi
word: अवसाद
roman: avsād
lang: Hungarian
word: (klinikai) depresszió
lang: Irish
word: gruaim
lang: Māori
word: mate pāpōuri
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: depresjon
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: depresjon
lang: Persian
word: افسردگی
roman: afsordegi
lang: Polish
word: depresja
lang: Portuguese
word: depressão
lang: Romanian
word: depresiune
lang: Slovak
word: depresia
lang: Spanish
word: depresión
lang: Tagalog
word: depresyon
lang: Urdu
word: افسردگی
roman: afsurdagī
lang: Welsh
word: iselder ysbryd
lang: Welsh
word: iselder
lang: Afrikaans
word: depressie
lang: Arabic
word: كَسَاد
roman: kasād
lang: Belarusian
word: дэпрэ́сія
roman: deprésija
lang: Bulgarian
word: икономическа криза
roman: ikonomičeska kriza
lang: Catalan
word: depressió
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 蕭條 /萧条
roman: xiāotiáo
lang: Czech
word: deprese
lang: Danish
word: nedgangstid
lang: Danish
word: lavkonjunktur
lang: Finnish
word: lama
lang: Finnish
word: lamakausi
lang: French
word: dépression
lang: German
word: Depression
lang: German
word: Abschwung
lang: Greek
word: ύφεση
roman: ýfesi
lang: Hebrew
word: שפל
roman: shefel
lang: Hindi
word: मंदी
roman: mandī
lang: Hungarian
word: hanyatlás
lang: Icelandic
word: Kreppa
lang: Indonesian
word: depresi
lang: Irish
word: spealadh
lang: Italian
word: depressione
lang: Japanese
word: 不振
roman: fushin
lang: Japanese
word: 不況
roman: fukyō
lang: Korean
word: 불경기
roman: bulgyeonggi
lang: Māori
word: wā o te korekore
lang: Māori
word: paheketanga ohaoha
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: nedgangstid
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: depresjon
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: nedgangstid
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: depresjon
lang: Persian
word: رکود
roman: rokud
lang: Persian
word: کسادی
roman: kesâdi
lang: Polish
word: depresja
lang: Portuguese
word: depressão
lang: Portuguese
word: crise
lang: Romanian
word: depresiune
lang: Russian
word: депре́ссия
roman: depréssija
lang: Slovak
word: depresia
lang: Slovak
word: recesia
lang: Spanish
word: depresión
lang: Swedish
word: depression
lang: Tagalog
word: depresyon
lang: Thai
word: ภาวะเศรษฐกิจตกต่ำ
roman: paa-wá-sèet-thà-gìt-dtòk-dtàm
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: كساد
roman: kesad
lang: Welsh
word: dirwasgiad