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depression
 [dih-presh-uhn] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | economic decline |
| Synonyms: | bad times, bankruptcy, bear market, big trouble, bottom out, bust, crash, crisis, deflation, dislocation, downturn, drop, failure, hard times, inactivity, inflation, overproduction, panic, paralysis, rainy days, recession, retrenchment, sag, slide, slowness, slump, stagflation, stagnation, unemployment |
| Antonyms: | recovery, surge |
| Main Entry: | numbness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deadness |
| Synonyms: | anesthesia, apathy, dullness, insensibility, insensitivity, paralysis, stupefaction, stupor |
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| Main Entry: | inertia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Example Sentences
- Pyrethrins come from chrysanthemum flowers and cause paralysis in insects.
- The loss of brain cells leaves stroke victims with disabilities such as memory lapse, loss of speech, or paralysis.
- It's the stuff of science fiction: paralysis at the flip of a switch.
| Concept: | Depression. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
lowering; depression; dip (concavity); abasement; detrusion; reduction., overthrow, overset, overturn; upset; prostration, subversion, precipitation., bow; courtesy, curtsy; genuflexion, genuflection, kowtow, obeisance, salaam.
-verbs
depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg; cast; let drop, let fall; sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce, detrude, pitch, precipitate., overthrow, overturn, overset; upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell; cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down; rase to the ground; trample in the dust, pull about one's ears., sit, sit down; couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow; courtesy, curtsy; bob, duck, dip, kneel; bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head; cower; recline (be horizontal).
-adjectives
depressed; at a low ebb; prostrate (horizontal); detrusive.
-phrases
facinus quos inquinat aequat [Lucan].
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| Antonyms: | elevation |
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| Concept: | [Insensibility to touch.] Numbness. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; touch |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
numbness (physical insensibility); anaesthesia; pins and needles.
-verbs
-adjectives
numb; benumbed; deadened; intangible, impalpable.
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