depression
/dɪˈpɹɛʃən/
Frequency: 4.56 in modern English
Meaning
noun
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.
Uncountable
noun
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.
Countable
noun
An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "[…] 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,[…]"
- "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."