depression
5
4.2
- noun
- /dɪˈprɛʃən/
:
hueco
- Press your thumb in the depression.
- a facial depression
Look at the little depression thing inside of it, like open up the hood to look at it where where you put your fluid in.
- Look at the little depression thing inside of it, like open up the hood to look at it where where you put your fluid in.
Examples
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From there, he walked across the bottom of the depression, climbed the side, and was gone.
Fiction book (1997) -
You need to create a depression in the middle of the tub.
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This little thing fits in to this depression right here.
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I'm just going to make a slight depression in every one of these cells for the seeds.
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A narrow depression extending almost to the forehead.
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There was a cradle-sized depression eaten out by the spinning tire.
Fiction book (1997) -
The cot's mattress held a slight depression, the imprint of his body.
Fiction book (1997) -
Postoperatively, she experienced transient weakness of the right side of her face and a mild depression at the surgical site.
Academic text (2005) -
On Gabrielle's legs are traces of what seem to be gas bacillus scars, faint circular depressions on the kneecaps.
Fiction book (1996) -
You need to create a depression in the middle of the tub.
Synonyms
56
5.3
A small hollow in a surface, often on the skin
52
4.1
A mark left on a surface when something presses into it
42
4.0
Pressing something so it becomes smaller and denser
22
4.2
A mark made when something presses into a surface or the tool that makes it
11
1.3
A push on something that applies pressure to it
4
2.3
A small hollow in a flat surface
1
7.5
A small hollow in a surface that can hold water
Putting pressure on something by pushing or squeezing it
Compounds
- Specialized
8
3.9
A serious mental illness doctors diagnose that causes long deep sadness and loss of interest and often needs treatment
- Archaic
7
4.8
A mental illness with times of very high energy and times of very low mood
- Specialized
1
8.0
A long time of deep sadness when someone cannot sit still and is easily annoyed
- Specialized
1
8.8
Severe depression where a person loses touch with reality and has hallucinations or false beliefs
- Specialized
A long time feeling sad and low in energy for at least two years
- Specialized
A long time of feeling very sad because of changes in the brain, not because of life events
- Specialized
A deep sadness in babies who lose their mother or main caregiver and get little care
- Specialized
A depression where a person cannot feel pleasure in usual activities
- Archaic
A long, serious time of deep sadness and loss of interest that starts in middle age or after menopause
- Archaic
A long time of deep sadness and worry without false beliefs or hearing things that are not there
- Specialized
A period of deep sadness and low energy after a stressful life event
- Formal
A long serious feeling of sadness with very slow movement and little energy that makes starting things hard
- Specialized
A long illness of deep sadness and low energy without periods of very high mood
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Depression comes from de- 'down' and press 'to push'. That is why a depression can mean the act of pressing something down or a small dip or hollow in a surface.