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depression
noun as in low spirits; despair
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abasement, abjection, blahs, bleakness, bummer, cheerlessness, dejection, desolation, desperation, despondency, discouragement, dispiritedness, distress, dole, dolefulness, dolor, downheartedness, dreariness, dullness, dumps, ennui, gloom, gloominess, heavyheartedness, hopelessness, lowness, melancholia, melancholy, misery, mortification, qualm, sadness, sorrow, trouble, unhappiness, vapors, woefulness, worry
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abjectness, blue funk, disconsolation, heaviness of heart, lugubriosity, the blues
noun as in economic decline
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bankruptcy, bust, crash, crisis, deflation, dislocation, downturn, drop, failure, inactivity, inflation, overproduction, panic, paralysis, recession, retrenchment, sag, slide, slowness, slump, stagflation, stagnation, unemployment
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Example Sentences
Scientists have long known that depression increases the risk of developing metabolic disorders.
It found that a 25mg dose administered alongside psychological support from trained therapists, resulted in improvement of a patient-reported measure of depression.
"If they bounce back unusually slowly, could that be a risk marker of anxiety or depression? Is it something that we can do anything about?"
Scientists at McGill University and the Douglas Institute have discovered that two distinct types of brain cells show changes in people experiencing depression.
We thought of this as normal aging, but poor sleep increases dementia risk, as well as the risk of obesity, diabetes and depression.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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