Antonym: encouragement, inspiration. Similar words: impression, depressed, aggression, congressional, session, impressive, recession, profession. Meaning: [-eʃn] 
n. 1. a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity 2. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment 3. a sunken or depressed geological formation 4. sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy 5. a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment 6. an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation 7. a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention 8. a concavity in a surface produced by pressing 9. angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) 10. pushing down.
n. 1. a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity 2. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment 3. a sunken or depressed geological formation 4. sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy 5. a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment 6. an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation 7. a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention 8. a concavity in a surface produced by pressing 9. angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) 10. pushing down. 
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151, There was a depression in the sand where he'd been lying.
152, In recent years, she has been subject to attacks of depression.
153, During the depression, I used to hop freights at least once a month.
154, In the longer term, children of depressed mothers are more likely to suffer from childhood depression.
155, Lack of exercise can lead to feelings of depression and exhaustion.
156, For the first few months after Daniel died, I was in a state of clinical depression.
157, The soldiers hid from the enemy in a slight depression.
158, He quit his job in a fit of drunken depression.
159, In this type of mental illness, the usual pattern is bouts of depression alternating with elation.
160, From the air, the photos show a shallow depression on the planet's surface.
161, I can give you clinical depression.
162, I slid into a depression.
163, Then there followed four episodes that banished his depression.
164, Many are afflicted by alcoholism, drug addiction, and depression.
165, Alcohol can create depression, anxiety, confusion, and psychoses.
166, The budget was never balanced during the depression.
167, Depression may be a precipitant in many cases.sentencedict.com/depression.html
168, Similar definitions apply to osteoporosis or clinical depression.
169, Patients suffering from acute depression may well need medication.
170, Work is always an antidote to depression. Eleanor Roosevelt 
171, He suffers from chronic back pain and clinical depression, conditions for which he is reportedly no received medical attention.
172, Simple monopoly replaced liberal capitalism in the period between 1873 and 1918 as a result of a severe slump and depression.
173, Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools. J. K. Rowling
174, Alt. support. depression is a busy newsgroup with articles about antidepressants, group hugs and teaching while depressed.
175, Four of five people with clinical depression can improve and resume daily activity, usually within weeks.
176, Depression also is a symptom of other illnesses, such as bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder.
177, The post-war farming depression meant that by 1817 earnings were once again back at the level of the late eighteenth century.
178, Music is the promoter of psychological and physical health. Listening to music elevates mood, reduces depression, and strengthens the immune system, improves physical performance, reduces the feeling of fatigue and enhances body movement and coordination. Dr T.P.Chia
179, Depression has been a lifelong struggle for me, and 17 years ago I was hospitalized after a suicide attempt.
180, It's recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours. Harry S Truman
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