n. Function: noun
1
Synonyms: SADNESS , blues, dejection, (the) dismals, dumps, gloom, heavyheartedness, melancholy, mournfulness, unhappiness
Related Words: boredom, doldrums, ennui, tedium
Contrasted Words: glee, hilarity, mirth
Antonyms: buoyancy; elation
2 a low spot FF1C; a depression in the land FF1E;
Synonyms: basin, concavity, dip, hollow, sag, sink, sinkage, sinkhole; compare NOTCH 1
Related Words: cavity, hole, pocket, vacuity, vacuum, void; crater, pit; scoop
3 a period of lowered economic activity and extensive unemployment FF1C; indicators that warn of a coming depression FF1E;
Synonyms: recession, slump, stagnation
Related Words: crash, decline, dislocation, drop; sag; paralysis; ||stagflation
Contrasted Words: expansion; booming, development, growth; advancement, progress
Antonyms: boom