mental state, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state"

melancholia - extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears

blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours, blues - a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"

blue funk, funk - a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk"

melancholy - a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed

slough of despond - (formal) extreme depression

low spirits - a state of mild depression

dejection - a state of melancholy depression

economic condition, financial condition - the condition of finances

Great Depression - the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s

basin - a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake"

bed, bottom - a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"

crater - a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb

geological formation, formation - (geology) the geological features of the earth

hollow, hole - a depression hollowed out of solid matter

lowland - low level country

sinkhole, swallow hole, sink - a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

oceanic abyss, trench, deep - a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

trough - a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)

vale, valley - a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

sadness, unhappiness - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being

demoralisation, demoralization - depression resulting from an undermining of your morale

helplessness - a feeling of being unable to manage

despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, heartsickness - feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless

oppressiveness, oppression - a feeling of being oppressed

dysphoria - abnormal depression and discontent

period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

air mass - a large body of air with uniform characteristics horizontally

cyclone - (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low-pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern

affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder - any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant

agitated depression - a state of clinical depression in which the person exhibits irritability and restlessness

anaclitic depression - severe and progressive depression in infants who lose their mother and do not get a suitable substitute

dysthymia, dysthymic depression - mild chronic depression; "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia"

endogenous depression - a state of depression for which there is no apparent precipitating cause

exogenous depression, reactive depression - an inappropriate state of depression that is precipitated by events in the person's life (to be distinguished from normal grief)

major depressive episode - (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction

neurotic depression - a term used for any state of depression that is not psychotic

psychotic depression - a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments

retarded depression - a state of clinical depression in which the individual is lethargic and slow to initiate action

dimple - a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled"

concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature - a shape that curves or bends inward

groove, channel - a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)

dimple - any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball"

dip - a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip in the road"

incision, prick, scratch, dent, slit - a depression scratched or carved into a surface

droop, sag - a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat"

crinkle, wrinkle, furrow, crease, seam, line - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"

cranny, crevice, fissure, chap, crack - a long narrow depression in a surface

angular position - relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established

push, pushing - the act of applying force in order to move something away; "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise"

mouse click, click - depression of a button on a computer mouse; "a click on the right button for example"