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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
Lee was likely suffering from an "atypical depression" and prolonged grief reaction at the time of the murders, according to a psychiatric assessment conducted before the sentencing, local broadcaster RNZ reported.
According to the court filings, the company conducted internal studies that found causal links between social media use and mental health issues, such as increased social comparison, anxiety and depression.
Patients have received “medical aid in dying” for schizophrenia, depression and autism, among other mental conditions.
"We explained to the police about Cole's mental health. Although Cole had not been diagnosed with depression or anything like that, he did struggle," said Wendy.
At one point, Mr. Loomis quotes his protagonist sagely predicting, “we’ll have a depression . . . and it will be the end of an era.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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