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depressed

[dih-prest]

adjective

  1. sad and gloomy; dejected; downcast.

    Synonyms: , , , ,
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  2. pressed down, or situated lower than the general surface.

  3. lowered in force, amount, etc.

  4. undergoing economic hardship, especially poverty and unemployment.

  5. being or measured below the standard or norm.

  6. Botany, Zoology.flattened down; greater in width than in height.

  7. Psychiatry.having or experiencing depression.



depressed

/ ɪˈɛ /

adjective

  1. low in spirits; downcast; despondent

  2. lower than the surrounding surface

  3. pressed down or flattened

  4. Also: distressed.characterized by relative economic hardship, such as unemployment

    a depressed area

  5. lowered in force, intensity, or amount

  6. (of plant parts) flattened as though pressed from above

  7. zoology flattened from top to bottom

    the depressed bill of the spoonbill

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • nondepressed adjective
  • quasi-depressed adjective
  • subdepressed adjective
  • undepressed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of depressed1

From a late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; depress, -ed 2
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Example Sentences

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That can put them on edge and heighten their separation anxiety, Langan said, and if their owners are depressed or grief-stricken about loss and uncertainty, the animals absorb those emotions too.

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Hearing that a friend of a friend is getting serious with a nude webcam model, she says coolly: “He’s a 5-foot-7 depressed novelist who’s never been published — he couldn’t do better.”

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“I was sleeping in laundromats, and I was depressed, I think to the point of almost being psychotic. So I figured, ‘That’s it.

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With the shares depressed by these concerns, the government was reluctant to sell its stake at low prices as it would crystallise a politically uncomfortable loss for the taxpayer.

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“However, no evidence one could produce of relevant neurobiological changes in depression or the fact that antidepressants help some depressed people would ever change Moncrieff’s mind.”

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