depression
/dɪˈprɛʃ(ə)n/
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American sound/dɪˈprɛʃ(ə)n/
dɪˈprɛʃən
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dɪ - ˈprɛʃən -> depression
Myanmar meaning
(n) စိတ်အားငယ်ခြင်း။ စိတ်ဓာတ် ကျခြင်း။ စီးပွားရေးကပ်။ မြေပြင်ပေါ်ရှိချိုင့်၊ ချိုင့်ခွက်။ လေဖိအားနည်း ရာသီဥတု အခြေအနေ။ လေဖိအားနည်းရပ်ဝန်း။
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depression /dÇ'preʃn/ n
၁။ [U] စိတ်အားငယ်ခြင်း။ စိတ်ဓာတ် ကျခြင်း။
a woman suffering from post-natal depression ❍ He committed suicide during a fit of depression.
၂။ [C] စီးပွားရေးကပ်။ See also RECESSION
၃။ [C] မြေပြင်ပေါ်ရှိချိုင့်၊ ချိုင့်ခွက်။
၄။ [C] လေဖိအားနည်း ရာသီဥတု အခြေအနေ။ လေဖိအားနည်းရပ်ဝန်း။
a depression over Iceland. Compare ANTICYCLONE
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Synonyms
despair, sadness, gloominess, misery, hopelessness, melancholy, dejection, abasement, abjection, abjectness, bad times, bankruptcy, basin, bear market, big trouble, blahs, bleakness, blue funk, bottom out, bowl, bummer, bust, cavity, cheerlessness, concavity, crash, crater, crisis, decline, deflation, dent, desolation, desperation, despondency, dimple, dip, disconsolation, discouragement, dislocation, dispiritedness, distress, dole, dolefulness, dolor, downheartedness, downturn, dreariness, drop, dullness, dumps, economic decline, ennui, excavation, failure, gloom, hard times, heaviness of heart, heavyheartedness, hole, hollow, impression, inactivity, indent, indentation, inflation, lowness, lugubriosity, melancholia, mortification, overproduction, panic, paralysis, pit, pocket, poverty, qualm, rainy days, recession, retrenchment, sag, scoop, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, slide, slowness, slump, sorrow, stagflation, stagnation, the blues, trouble, unemployment, unhappiness, vacuity, vacuum, valley, vapors, void, woefulness, worry
Antonyms
advantage, benefit, blessing, bulge, calm, cheer, cheerfulness, comfort, contentedness, contentment, convexity, encouragement, fullness, gladness, happiness, hope, hopefulness, hump, increase, joy, liveliness, mountain, peace, pleasure, protuberance, recovery, rise, solid, success, surge
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