Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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slump | Yes | No | Yes | No |
depression | Yes | No | No | No |
slump (noun) | depression (noun) |
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a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality | pushing down |
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment | sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy |
a sunken or depressed geological formation | |
angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) | |
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing | |
a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity | |
an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation | |
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment | |
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention |
slump (verb) | depression (verb) |
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fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly | |
fall or sink heavily | |
assume a drooping posture or carriage | |
fall in value |