DEPRESSION

n. 1 indentation, dent, dimple, impression, pit, hollow, recess, cavity, concavity, dip When the box fell, its corner left a small depression in the top of the metal cabinet 2 dejection, despair, gloom, downheartedness, sadness, melancholy, discouragement, despondency, gloominess, glumness, the blues, unhappiness; Colloq the dumps A general feeling of depression came over us at the doctor's words 3 recession, slump, (economic) decline, downturn, US and Canadian bust The analysts are unable to predict accurately either booms or depressions