DYSTHYMIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Mild chronic depression

Example:

I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia

Synonyms:

dysthymia; dysthymic depression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("dysthymia" is a kind of...):

clinical depression; depression; depressive disorder (a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention)