Definition: 1. A mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity. 2. A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment. 3. A sunken or depressed geological formation. 4. Sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy. 5. An air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation. 6. A state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention. 7. A concavity in a surface produced by pressing.
Use 'depression' in a sentence:
1. A period of depression can be a perfectly natural response to certain aspects of life.
2. Many unemployed people experience feelings of isolation and depression.
3. Labour support remained strong and unbroken by the depression.
4. The result later in life may be feelings of emptiness and depression.
5. He shot himself during a fit of depression.
6. She suffered from severe depression after losing her job.
7. Women who eat plenty of fresh vegetables are far less likely to suffer anxiety or depression.
8. Lack of exercise can lead to feelings of depression and exhaustion.
9. I slid into a depression.
10. Depression is almost always accompanied by insomnia.
11. Depression is treatable.
12. Her love of these sandwiches was a carryover from the Depression, when she sometimes had nothing else to eat.
13. I pulled out of the depression very quickly with treatment.
14. Online programs to fight depression are already commercially available.
15. Depression is the third thing that works to my patients' disadvantage.
16. ‘ Depression ’ is a portmanteau condition.
17. They are fearful of another business depression.
18. When the days shorten in winter some people suffer depression.
19. Her moods oscillated between depression and elation.
20. He suffered occasional bouts of depression.
21. He slides into depression.
22. Look out for symptoms of depression.
23. Many theories have been advanced as to why some women suffer from depression.
24. Depression may be expressed physically too.
25. She had slid into a depression.
26. There was a feeling of gloom and depression in the office when the news of the job cuts was announced.
27. For the first few months after Daniel died, I was in a state of clinical depression.
28. She will grow into a woman particularly liable to depression.
29. He expected me to do something to ameliorate his depression.
30. This school of thought argues that depression is best treated by drugs.
31. About one in every 20 people have clinical depression.
32. I have been on sick leave for seven months with depression.
33. The country was in the grip of (an) economic depression.
34. In late 1975, she fell into a black depression.
35. For milder depressions, certain forms of psychotherapy do work well.
36. Many women suffer from premenstrual tension/ syndrome, causing headaches and depression.
37. More than once, depression drove him to attempt suicide.
38. She continued to have severe stomach cramps, aches, fatigue, and depression.
39. A decrease in face-to-face social contact can precipitate depression.
40. After my birth, Mom had severe postpartum depression.
41. She displayed the classic symptoms of depression.
42. Most adult cases of clinical depression first emerge in adolescence.
43. Depression lowers the human ability to cope with disease.
44. It seems important to sensitize people to the fact that depression is more than the blues.
45. If you tend to overeat because of depression, first take steps to recognize the source of your sadness.
46. Chronic fatigue is also one of the salient features of depression.
