n.
1.a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
2.a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
3.a sunken or depressed geological formation
4.sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
5.a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
6.an air mass of lower pressure
7.a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
8.a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
9.angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) 10.pushing down
Idiom of the Day
the responsible party
the person or organization responsible or liable for something
The responsible party for the accident was taken away by the police for questioning.