pervasive low mood
B2CEFR level
50/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
A sad mood that is present most of the day, nearly every day, and is largely unresponsive to circumstances.
A diagnosis of depression requires pervasive low mood or anhedonia lasting at least two weeks.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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