English-Thai Dictionary
depression
N การ ยุบตัว ลง ไป ส่วน ที่ ยุบตัว ลง cavity dent hole hill bump kan-yub-tua-long-pai
depression
N ความกดอากาศ ต่ำ บริเวณ ความกดอากาศ ต่ำ ไซโคลน ดี เป รส ชั่น low pressure area kwam-kod-ar-kad-tam
depression
N ความตกต่ำ ทางเศรษฐกิจ slump recession downslide upturn rise kwam-tokt-am-tang-sed-ta-kid
depression
N ความสะเทือนใจ ความเศร้า สลด ความหดหู่ unhappiness gloom hopefulness cheerfulness kwam-sa-tuan
depression
N รอย บุ๋ม รอย เว้า ลง ไป รอย กด hollow roi-bub
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DEPRESSION
n. 1. The act of pressing down; or the state of being pressed down; a low state.
2. A hollow; a sinking or falling in of a surface; or a forcing inwards; as roughness consisting in little protuberances and depressions; the depression of the skull.
3. The act of humbling; abasement; as the depression of pride; the depression of the nobility.
4. A sinking of the spirits; dejection; a state of sadness; want of courage or animation; as depression of the mind.
5. A low state of strength; a state of body succeeding debility in the formation of disease.
6. A low state of business or of property.
7. The sinking of the polar star towards the horizon, as a person recedes from the pole towards the equator. Also, the distance of a star from the horizon below, which is measured by an arch of the vertical circle or azimuth, passing through the star, intercepted between the star and the horizon.
8. In algebra, the depression of an equation, is the bringing of it into lower and more simple terms by division.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DEPRESSION
De *pres "sion, n. Etym: [L. depressio: cf. F. dépression.]
1. The act of depressing.
2. The state of being depressed; a sinking.
3. A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.
4. Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
5. Dejection; despondency; lowness. In a great depression of spirit. Baker.
6. Diminution, as of trade, etc. ; inactivity; dullness.
7. (Astron.)
Defn: The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.
8. (Math. )
Defn: The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.
9. (Surg.)
Defn: A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8. Angle of depression (Geod.), one which a descending line makes with a horizontal plane. -- Depression of the dewpoint (Meteor. ), the number of degreees that the dew-point is lower than the actual temperature of the atmosphere. -- Depression of the pole, its apparent sinking, as the spectator goes toward the equator. -- Depression of the visible horizon. (Astron.) Same as Dip of the horizon, under Dip.
Syn. -- Abasement; reduction; sinking; fall; humiliation; dejection; melancholy.
New American Oxford Dictionary
depression
de pres sion |diˈpreSHən dəˈprɛʃən | ▶noun 1 severe despondency and dejection, typically felt over a period of time and accompanied by feelings of hopelessness and inadequacy. • Medicine a condition of mental disturbance characterized by such feelings to a greater degree than seems warranted by the external circumstances, typically with lack of energy and difficulty in maintaining concentration or interest in life: clinical depression. • a long and severe recession in an economy or market: the depression in the housing market. • ( the Depression or the Great Depression ) the financial and industrial slump of 1929 and subsequent years. 2 the act of lowering something or pressing something down: the depression of prices. • a sunken place or hollow on a surface: the original shallow depressions were slowly converted to creeks. • Astronomy & Geography the angular distance of an object below the horizon or a horizontal plane. • Meteorology a region of lower atmospheric pressure, esp. a cyclonic weather system. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin depressio (n- ), from deprimere ‘press down ’ (see depress ).
Depression glass
De pres sion glass ▶noun machine-pressed, tinted glassware that was mass-produced in the US from the late 1920s to the 1940s and often used as giveaways to persuade customers to purchase goods.
Oxford Dictionary
depression
de |pres ¦sion |dɪˈprɛʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] severe, typically prolonged, feelings of despondency and dejection. • Medicine a mental condition characterized by severe feelings of hopelessness and inadequacy, typically accompanied by a lack of energy and interest in life: she suffered from clinical depression. 2 a long and severe recession in an economy or market: the depression in the housing market. • ( the Depression or the Great Depression ) the financial and industrial slump of 1929 and subsequent years. 3 [ mass noun ] the action of lowering something or pressing something down: depression of the plunger delivers two units of insulin. • [ count noun ] a sunken place or hollow on a surface: the original shallow depressions were slowly converted to creeks. 4 Meteorology a region of lower atmospheric pressure, especially a cyclonic weather system. 5 Astronomy & Geography the angular distance of an object below the horizon or a horizontal plane. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin depressio (n- ), from deprimere ‘press down ’ (see depress ).
Depression glass
De pres sion glass ▶noun machine-pressed, tinted glassware that was mass-produced in the US from the late 1920s to the 1940s and often used as giveaways to persuade customers to purchase goods.
American Oxford Thesaurus
depression
depression noun 1 she seems to be suffering from depression: unhappiness, sadness, melancholy, melancholia, misery, sorrow, woe, gloom, despondency, low spirits, a heavy heart, despair, desolation, hopelessness; upset, tearfulness; informal the dumps, the doldrums, the blues, a funk, a blue funk; Psychiatry dysthymia, seasonal affective disorder, SAD. 2 an economic depression: recession, slump, decline, downturn, standstill; stagnation; the Great Depression; Economics stagflation. 3 a depression in the ground: hollow, indentation, dent, cavity, concavity, dip, pit, hole, sinkhole, trough, crater; basin, bowl.
Oxford Thesaurus
depression
depression noun 1 she ate to ease her depression: melancholy, misery, sadness, unhappiness, sorrow, woe, gloom, gloominess, dejection, downheartedness, despondency, dispiritedness, low spirits, heavy-heartedness, moroseness, discouragement, despair, desolation, dolefulness, moodiness, pessimism, hopelessness; the slough of despond; upset, tearfulness; informal the dumps, the doldrums, the blues, one's black dog, a low; N. Amer. informal the blahs, a funk, a blue funk; informal, dated the mopes; technical clinical depression, endogenous depression, reactive depression, postnatal depression, dysthymia, melancholia; literary dolour; archaic the megrims; rare mopery, disconsolateness, disconsolation. ANTONYMS cheerfulness. 2 the country was in the grip of an economic depression: recession, slump, decline, downturn, slowdown, standstill; paralysis, inactivity, stagnation, credit crunch, credit squeeze; hard times, bad times; technical stagflation. ANTONYMS boom. 3 the car slid into a depression in the ground: hollow, indentation, dent, dint, cavity, concavity, dip, pit, hole, pothole, sink, sinkhole, excavation, trough, crater; valley, basin, bowl; Anatomy fossa, lacuna. ANTONYMS protuberance.
Duden Dictionary
Depression
De pres si on Substantiv, feminin , die |Depressi o n |die Depression; Genitiv: der Depression, Plural: die Depressionen französisch dépression = Niederdrückung, Senkung < lateinisch depressio 1 a Medizin, Psychologie sich in tiefer Niedergeschlagenheit u. a. ausdrückende seelische Erkrankung er hat eine schwere Depression | an, unter Depressionen leiden b umgangssprachlich Traurigkeit wenn ich meine Depression überwinden will, gehe ich einkaufen 2 Wirtschaft Phase des Niedergangs im Konjunkturverlauf eine weltweite Depression 3 Meteorologie Tief [druckgebiet ]4 Medizin Einsenkung, Einstülpung, Vertiefung, z. B. im Knochen 5 Geografie Festlandgebiet, dessen Oberfläche unter dem Meeresspiegel liegt; Landsenke 6 a Astronomie negative Höhe eines Gestirns, das unter dem Horizont steht b Astronomie Winkel zwischen der Linie Auge – Horizont und der waagerechten Linie, die durch das Auge des Beobachters verläuft
French Dictionary
dépression
dépression n. f. nom féminin 1 Enfoncement. : Le sol présente une dépression. 2 économie Période de ralentissement économique. : La dépression est pire que la récession. SYNONYME crise . LOCUTIONS Dépression (atmosphérique ). Baisse de la pression atmosphérique. ANTONYME anticyclone . Dépression (nerveuse ). État pathologique caractérisé par une grande lassitude, de la mélancolie, du découragement.
dépressionnaire
dépressionnaire adj. adjectif Qui est le siège d ’une dépression atmosphérique. : Une zone météorologique dépressionnaire.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
depression
de pres sion /dɪpréʃ (ə )n /→depress 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 U 憂うつ , 意気消沈, ふさぎ (込み ); 〘医 〙うつ病 (!具体例ではa ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) ▸ postnatal depression 産後うつ病 ▸ suffer from severe clinical depression 深刻な臨床的うつ病に苦しむ ▸ Judy went into a deep depression after the phone call .ジュディはその電話の後, ひどくふさぎ込んだ 2 a. U 〖具体例ではa (…) ～〗(長期間にわたる )不景気 , 不況 (!一時的な景気後退はrecession ) ▸ The country passed through a severe (economic ) depression .その国は深刻な不況を切り抜けた b. 〖the (Great ) D- 〗世界大恐慌 〘1929年に米国に始まり1930年代に他国へ広がった大経済不況 〙.3 C ｟書 /かたく ｠(地面の )くぼみ ; 陥没 ; 低地, くぼ地 (hollow ).4 C 〘気象 〙低気圧 (の勢力圏 )(↔anticyclone ).5 U C 押し下げる こと ; 降下, 低下, 沈下 ; 低下した状態 .6 U (気力 活動などの )減退, 衰弱 ; 〘生理 〙機能低下 .7 C 〘天 測量 〙(水平 )俯角 （ふかく ）.
The Wordsmith Dictionary