| depreciation |
a decrease in value due to aging, wear, or the like. [4 definitions] |
| depredation |
a despoiling, robbing, or preying upon. |
| depress |
to cause to be unhappy or dejected. [4 definitions] |
| depressant |
causing a slowing of bodily functions, as by the action of a drug. [2 definitions] |
| depressed |
sad or very low in spirits; morose. [4 definitions] |
| depressing |
causing or having the potential to cause sadness and pessimism. |
| depression |
a state of deep sadness or hopelessness that can persist for months or years and is not necessarily triggered by any particular external events. [7 definitions] |
| Depression glass |
glassware mass-produced, molded, and usu. colored during the Depression of the 1930s, and now considered a collector's item. |
| depressive |
tending to depress. [3 definitions] |
| depressor |
a medical instrument used to depress a body part such as the tongue. [3 definitions] |
| deprivation |
the condition or state of not having something that one needs, esp. a thing that all or most people need, such as safety, affection, food, and shelter; privation. [3 definitions] |
| deprive |
to take a possession or attribute away from; divest of. [2 definitions] |
| deprived |
lacking or prevented from having that which is needed, especially such things as food, shelter, education, protection, and affection. |
| de profundis |
(Latin) out of the depths (used to express great sorrow or misery). |
| deprogram |
to convince of the error of recently acquired beliefs, esp. those of a religious cult, by coercive means such as kidnapping, deprivation of sleep, and long interrogation and argumentation. |
| dept. |
abbreviation of "department," a subdivision of a larger organization or system, such as a government or business. |
| depth |
the state of being deep. [8 definitions] |
| depth charge |
a device set to explode under water, used esp. against submarines. |
| depthless |
combined form of depth. |
| depth perception |
the ability to perceive spatial relationships such as the relative distance of objects from one another or from the observer. |
| depth psychology |
the psychological study of the unconscious mind. |