depravation | (noun) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | Synonyms: corruption, degeneracy, depravity, putrefaction |
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depravity | (noun) a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice | Synonyms: turpitude |
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(noun) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | Synonyms: corruption, degeneracy, depravation, putrefaction |
deprecatio | (noun) a praying against evil, against others, or oneself; a prayer for the removal of some evil. | - |
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deprecation | (noun) the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself) | Synonyms: denigration |
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(noun) a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster | - |
depreciation | (noun) a decrease in price or value | - |
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(noun) a communication that belittles somebody or something | Synonyms: derogation, disparagement |
(noun) decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use | Synonyms: wear and tear |
depreciator | (noun) one who disparages or belittles the worth of something | Synonyms: detractor, disparager, knocker |
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depredation | (noun) an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding | Synonyms: predation |
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(noun) (usually plural) a destructive action | Synonyms: ravage |
depressant | (noun) a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person | Synonyms: downer, sedative, sedative drug |
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depression | (noun) pushing down | - |
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(noun) sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | - |
(noun) a sunken or depressed geological formation | Synonyms: natural depression |
(noun) angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) | - |
(noun) a concavity in a surface produced by pressing | Synonyms: impression, imprint |
(noun) a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity | - |
(noun) an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation | Synonyms: low |
(noun) a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment | Synonyms: economic crisis, slump |
(noun) a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention | Synonyms: clinical depression, depressive disorder |
depressive | (noun) someone suffering psychological depression | - |
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depressor | (noun) a device used by physician to press a part down or aside | - |
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(noun) any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down | Synonyms: depressor muscle |
(noun) any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves | Synonyms: depressor nerve |
deprivation | (noun) act of depriving someone of food or money or rights | Synonyms: privation |
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(noun) the disadvantage that results from losing something | Synonyms: loss |
(noun) a state of extreme poverty | Synonyms: neediness, privation, want |