depressed
Americanadjective
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sad and gloomy; dejected; downcast.
- Synonyms:
- morbid, blue, miserable, despondent, morose
- Antonyms:
- happy
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pressed down, or situated lower than the general surface.
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lowered in force, amount, etc.
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undergoing economic hardship, especially poverty and unemployment.
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being or measured below the standard or norm.
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Botany, Zoology. flattened down; greater in width than in height.
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Psychiatry. having or experiencing depression.
adjective
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low in spirits; downcast; despondent
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lower than the surrounding surface
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pressed down or flattened
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Also: distressed. characterized by relative economic hardship, such as unemployment
a depressed area
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lowered in force, intensity, or amount
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(of plant parts) flattened as though pressed from above
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zoology flattened from top to bottom
the depressed bill of the spoonbill
Other Word Forms
- nondepressed adjective
- quasi-depressed adjective
- subdepressed adjective
- undepressed adjective
Etymology
Origin of depressed
From a late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; depress, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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Morningstar maintains a cautious view on the company’s profitability and expect depressed vehicle margins to remain, given the competition in the domestic market, he adds.
Since I don’t want to die and I don’t want to be depressed, my choice is obvious.
While a recent rotation out of Big Tech provided a modest lift to consumer-staples companies, valuations remain depressed.
Especially for software stocks, which have been battered by new product announcements from Anthropic, the prolonged selloff has created extremely depressed sentiment for the sector.
From MarketWatch
Yet the country will see only limited economic improvement as long as oil output remains depressed.
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