Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undepression

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-de-pres-sion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Absence or reversal of a depressed state

Uncountable

noun

The lack or absence of depression; antidepression

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The volatile acid was identified as isovaleric acid by comparison of its infrared spectrum with that of an authentic sample and by undepression of mixed melting points of their p-bromophenacylester."
"Take this matter of Depression; it is caused by Being Miserable, which is in turn caused by Being Fed-up. Could we but unfeed ourselves, undepression would naturally follow."
"If we are depressed, for example, it does no good to try to be "undepressed" or to somehow change ourselves. It does do good, however, to cultivate the soil of the soul with the ingredients of grace, truth, and time, and then we will gradually be transformed to greater stages of "undepression," or joy."

Etymology

From un- + depression.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does undepression mean?: Absence or reversal of a depressed state
Where does undepression come from?: From un- + depression.

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