Synonyms for depression
dɪˈprɛʃ ənde·pres·sion

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1. depression

   Synonyms:
   lowering, degradation, debasement, dejection, discouragement, hollow, valley, dip

   Antonyms:
   raising, elevation, exaltation, promotion, preferment, amelioration, encouragement, rallying, rising, eminence, mound, prominence

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1. depressionnoun

   a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

   Synonyms:
   depressive disorder, low, impression, economic crisis, imprint, slump, natural depression, clinical depression

   Antonyms:
   elation

2. depression, slump, economic crisisnoun

   a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

   Synonyms:
   depressive disorder, low, impression, economic crisis, slack, falling off, imprint, falloff, slump, natural depression, drop-off, clinical depression

   Antonyms:
   elation

3. natural depression, depressionnoun

   a sunken or depressed geological formation

   Synonyms:
   depressive disorder, low, impression, economic crisis, imprint, slump, natural depression, clinical depression

   Antonyms:
   elation

4. depressionnoun

   sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

   Synonyms:
   depressive disorder, low, impression, economic crisis, imprint, slump, natural depression, clinical depression

   Antonyms:
   elation

5. Depression, Great Depressionnoun

   a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

   Synonyms:
   depressive disorder, low, impression, economic crisis, imprint, slump, natural depression, clinical depression

   Antonyms:
   elation

6. low, depressionnoun

   an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

   "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"

   Synonyms:
   first gear, low, impression, economic crisis, low gear, depressive disorder, imprint, slump, first, natural depression, clinical depression

   Antonyms:
   elation

7. depressive disorder, clinical depression, depressionnoun

   a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

   Synonyms:
   depressive disorder, low, impression, economic crisis, imprint, slump, natural depression, clinical depression

   Antonyms:
   elation

8. depression, impression, imprintnoun

   a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

   "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"

   Synonyms:
   impression, economic crisis, mental picture, imprint, feeling, natural depression, effect, opinion, clinical depression, low, embossment, printing, notion, stamp, depressive disorder, slump, picture, belief

   Antonyms:
   elation

9. depressionnoun

   angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

   Synonyms:
   depressive disorder, low, impression, economic crisis, imprint, slump, natural depression, clinical depression

   Antonyms:
   elation

10. depressionnoun

    pushing down

    "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"

    Synonyms:
    depressive disorder, low, impression, economic crisis, imprint, slump, natural depression, clinical depression

    Antonyms:
    elation

Matched Categories

1. • Affective Disorder
   • Air Mass
   • Angular Position
   • Concave Shape
   • Crisis
   • Economic Condition
   • Geological Formation
   • Historic Period
   • Psychological State
   • Push
   • Sadness

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1. miserable

   Submitted by anonymous on December 22, 2020  

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1. depressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   abasement, degradation, deterioration, debasement, perversion, vitiation, depravation

2. depressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   hollow, hollowness, cavity, indentation, dent, dint, dimple, excavation, pit

3. depressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   dejection, dejectedness, sadness, despondency, melancholy, dumps, blues, lowness of spirits, low spirits, depression of spirits

4. depressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   lowness, dulness, inactivity

5. depressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Surg.) couching

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1. depressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   cavity, hollow, indentation, concavity, dent, dejection, discouragement, despondency, vapors, gloom, inactivity, dullness

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1. List of paraphrases for "depression":

   depressive, vacuum, slump, recession, depressed, downturn, 1929, trough, crisis, frustration

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1. Sara Bareilles:

   I'm dealing with old demons of anxiety and depression and working to manage that while taking in what's happening and leaning into activism, i've been going to [ social justice ] marches, all masked up, of course. I did a lot of reading, researching, listening. I'm trying to correct my mistakes. And philanthropically, supporting organizations like Color of Change and Black Lives Matter.

2. Nafsika Lourentzatos:

   Your body is the most important thing that you have, doing research and finding out as much info as you can… is extremely important, the trauma, depression and sadness going through with this whole experience, I wouldn’t even want my own worst enemy to going through it.

3. Keith Ablow:

   Because depression is so thematically powerful and so dark, when it’s very severe, it can make people feel not only as if they’ve lost a loving connection, but as if the whole world is devoid of love, so if we wonder how somebody could take 149 people with him when he commits suicide, one answer can be that depression, when it’s most severe, can make people feel that life is completely without value, not just for them but for anyone.

4. Laura Berman:

   Stress during pregnancy can be harmful for both mom and baby, being stressed while expecting can increase a woman's chance of postpartum depression. It can also lead to preterm delivery and low birth weight.

5. Brené Brown:

   Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it's often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis.