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depression
noun as in low spirits; despair
Strong matches
abasement, abjection, blahs, bleakness, bummer, cheerlessness, dejection, desolation, desperation, despondency, discouragement, dispiritedness, distress, dole, dolefulness, dolor, downheartedness, dreariness, dullness, dumps, ennui, gloom, gloominess, heavyheartedness, hopelessness, lowness, melancholia, melancholy, misery, mortification, qualm, sadness, sorrow, trouble, unhappiness, vapors, woefulness, worry
Weak matches
abjectness, blue funk, disconsolation, heaviness of heart, lugubriosity, the blues
noun as in economic decline
Strong matches
bankruptcy, bust, crash, crisis, deflation, dislocation, downturn, drop, failure, inactivity, inflation, overproduction, panic, paralysis, recession, retrenchment, sag, slide, slowness, slump, stagflation, stagnation, unemployment
Weak matches
Example Sentences
A few months later, I went into one of the worst depressions of my life.
He says experts believe high tariff legislation passed at that time "greatly deepened the depression and prevented economic recovery".
In one, Arjun set out his experience trying to get support for depression and anxiety.
It means OCD is now second in the list of named mental health disorders - placing it and other anxiety disorders well ahead of depression:
"You live in fear. It causes you anxiety, even depression," said Huaman.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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