Déprime

Part of Speech

noun

Difficulty Level

Translations

🇩🇪 Depression , 🇪🇸 depresión , 🇮🇹 depressione , 🇵🇹 depressão , 🇨🇳 抑郁症 , 🇯🇵 うつ病 , 🇰🇷 우울증 , 🇸🇦 الاكتئاب , 🇮🇳 उत्तरोत्तरता

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Etymology

The noun **déprime** is a modern French formation from the verb **déprimer**, itself borrowed from Latin *deprimere* (de‑ “down” + *premere* “to press”). In Middle French *déprimer* meant “to press down, crush,” and by the 19th century it had taken on the psychological sense “to depress.” The noun *déprime* was coined in the 20th century to refer to a state of depression.

Synonyms

dépression abattement morosité mélancolie désespoir tristesse état d'abattement

Antonyms

euphorie joie optimisme allégresse enthousiasme