Definition of depressed Depressed

/dɪpɹɛˈst/ - [diprest] - de•pressed

We found 14 definitions of depressed from 5 different sources.

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What does depressed mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

depressed - flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
  thin lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
depressed - lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down"
  down
depressed - filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
  gloomy, grim, blue, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited
  dejected affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • depressed (Adjective)
    unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent.
  • depressed (Adjective)
    Suffering from clinical depression.
  • depressed (Adjective)
    Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • depressed (imp. & p. p.)
    of Depress
  • depressed (a.)
    Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.
  • depressed (a.)
    Concave on the upper side; -- said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border.
  • depressed (a.)
    Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground.
  • depressed (a.)
    Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • depressed
    Severely despondent and unhappy.
  • depressed
    Low in spirits.

Part of speech

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  • depressed, verb, past participle of depress (infinitive).
  • depressed, verb, past simple of depress (infinitive).

Pronunciation

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Sign Language

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