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- DictionaryDe·pressed/dəˈprest/
adjective
- 1. (of a person) in a state of general unhappiness or despondency. Similar sadsaddenedunhappygloomyglummelancholymiserablesorrowfuldejecteddisconsolatedownhearteddowncastcast downdowncrestfallenwoebegonedespondentdispiritedlowlow in spiritslow-spiritedheavy-heartedmorosedismaldesolateweighed downoppressedtearfulupsetbroken-hearteddishearteneddiscourageddauntedpessimisticinformal:bluedown in the dumpsdown in the mouthfed upmoodyliterary:dolorousheartsickheartsorearchaic:chapfallenOpposite cheerful
- ▪ (of a person) suffering from clinical depression.
- ▪ (of a place or economic activity) suffering the damaging effects of a lack of demand or employment: "depressed urban areas" Similar weakweakenedenervateddebilitateddevitalizedimpairedinactiveflatquietslowslow-movingslacksluggishstaticstagnantdullpoverty-strickenpoordestitutedisadvantageddeprivedneedydistresseddown at heelrun downseedyshabbyinformal:slummyOpposite strongprosperous
- ▪ (of an object or part of an object) in a physically lower position, having been pushed or forced down: "a depressed fracture of the skull" Similar sunkenhollowconcaveindenteddentedpushed incaved inrecessedset backrare:incurvedincurvateOpposite raised
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