1. mild chronic depression; - Example: "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia" [syn: dysthymia, dysthymic depression]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dysthymic depression
n 1: mild chronic depression; "I thought she had just been in a
bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it
dysthymia" [syn: dysthymia, dysthymic depression]