Depression Symptoms

noun a state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not being concerned with one's position or condition in the world

• The monk struggled with acedia, a spiritual apathy that hindered his devotion to prayer.
• I've been feeling a bit of acedia lately, just not motivated to do much of anything.
• I can't shake off this feeling of acedia, it's like a constant cloud hanging over me.
• Acedia is like a heavy weight on your shoulders, dragging you down and sapping your energy.

noun a state of lacking joy or happiness

• The pervasive joylessness of the office environment was palpable to all who entered.
• There's a sense of joylessness hanging over the party, nobody seems to be having a good time.
• The joylessness of the situation was a real buzzkill.
• Her heart felt heavy with the weight of joylessness that seemed to surround her.

verb to be in a state of silent, prolonged sadness or dejection

• She was caught moping in the corner of the room during the event.
• Stop moping around and do something productive with your time.
• Why are you always moping, dude? Cheer up!
• Her heart was moping in sadness after the breakup.

adjective A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

• The speaker delivered a passionless speech that failed to engage the audience.
• She gave a passionless performance in the school play.
• He's so passionless about his job, it's like he doesn't care at all.
• Her eyes were passionless, betraying no emotion or feeling.