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DEPRESSION

10 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 20 pts

DEPRESSION is a valid 10-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 20 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

noun
  1. uncountableusuallyA state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future; any of several mental disorders with this state of mind as a central feature.
    • I used to suffer from depression, but now I'm mostly content with my life.
  2. countableA period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
  3. countableuncountableAn area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
  4. countableuncountableAn area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
  5. countableuncountableA period of major economic contraction.
  6. countableuncountableFour consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth (for example, this operational definition is used by the US NBER and many other writers).
    • The Great Depression was the worst financial event in US history.
  7. countableuncountableThe act of lowering or pressing something down.
    • Depression of the lever starts the machine.
  8. countableuncountableA lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.