depression
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.
Example
“I used to suffer from depression, but now I'm mostly content with my life.”
Other meanings
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.
An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
Related words
- anxiodepression
- cardiodepression
- cryptodepression
- depressional
- depressionary
- depressionism
- depressionist
- depressionless
- depressionlike
- dextrodepression
- immunodepression
- laevodepression
Word history
From Latin "dēpressiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “depression” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.