a medical condition in which a person feels very sad, anxious and without hope and often has physical symptoms such as being unable to sleep, etc.

the state of feeling very sad and without hope

There was a feeling of gloom and depression in the office when the news of the job cuts was announced.

a period when there is little economic activity and many people are poor or without jobs

The country was in the grip of (an) economic depression.

He grew up during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

a part of a surface that is lower than the parts around it

Rainwater collects in shallow depressions on the ground.

From the air, the photos show a shallow depression on the planet's surface.

a weather condition in which the pressure of the air becomes lower, often causing rain

an atmospheric depression moving east from the Atlantic

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