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depression

noun
  1. pushing down
    “depression of the space bar on the typewriter”
  2. sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
  3. a sunken or depressed geological formation
    natural depression
  4. angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
  5. a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
    impression
  6. a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
    depressive disorderclinical depression
  7. a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
  8. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
    slumpeconomic crisis
  9. an air mass of lower pressure
    low