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1 ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If you are depressed , you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant. □  She's been very depressed and upset about this whole situation.

2 ADJ A depressed place or industry does not have enough business or employment to be successful. □  …legislation to encourage investment in depressed areas.

de|press|ing /d I pre s I ŋ/ ADJ Something that is depressing makes you feel sad and disappointed. □  Yesterday's unemployment figures were depressing. ●  de|press|ing|ly ADV [usu ADV adj] □  It all sounded depressingly familiar to Janet.

de|pres|sion ◆◇◇ /d I pre ʃ ^ə n/ (depressions )

1 N‑VAR Depression is a mental state in which you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant. □  Mr Thomas was suffering from depression.

2 N‑COUNT A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty. □ [+ of ] He never forgot the hardships he witnessed during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

3 N‑COUNT A depression in a surface is an area which is lower than the parts surrounding it. □  …an area pockmarked by rain-filled depressions.

4 N‑COUNT A depression is a mass of air that has a low pressure and that often causes rain. SYNONYMS depression NOUN

1

sadness:It is with a mixture of sadness and joy that I say farewell.

sorrow:It was a time of great sorrow.

unhappiness:There was a lot of unhappiness in my adolescence.

misery:All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy.

despondency:There's a mood of gloom and despondency in the country.

2

recession:The recession caused sales to drop off.

slump:…the slump of the early 1980s.

credit crunch:The most common argument for cutting interest rates is to prevent a global credit crunch.

stagnation:…the stagnation of the steel industry.

de|pres|sive /d I pre s I v/ (depressives )

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Depressive means relating to depression or to being depressed. □  He's no longer a depressive character. □  …a severe depressive disorder.

2 N‑COUNT A depressive is someone who suffers from depression.

3 → see also manic-depressive

dep|ri|va|tion /de pr I ve I ʃ ^ə n/ (deprivations ) N‑VAR If you suffer deprivation , you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need. □  Millions more suffer from serious sleep deprivation caused by long work hours.

de|prive /d I pra I v/ (deprives , depriving , deprived ) VERB If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it. □ [V n + of ] They've been deprived of the fuel necessary to heat their homes.

de|prived /d I pra I vd/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Deprived people or people from deprived areas do not have the things that people consider to be essential in life, for example acceptable living conditions or education. □  …probably the most severely deprived children in the country.

dept (depts ) in AM, use dept. Dept is used as a written abbreviation for department , usually in the name of a particular department. □  …the Internal Affairs Dept.

depth ◆◇◇ /de pθ/ (depths )