[
UK
/dɪpɹˈɛst/
]
[ US /dɪˈpɹɛst/ ]
[ US /dɪˈpɹɛst/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
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lower than previously
prices are down
the market is depressed -
filled with melancholy and despondency
gloomy predictions
downcast after his defeat
depressed by the loss of his job
feeling discouraged and downhearted
a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
the darkening mood
lonely and blue in a strange city
a gloomy silence
took a grim view of the economy
How To Use depressed In A Sentence
- He slowly depressed the plunger and once the syringe was empty, withdrew the needle and stepped back.
- I was a bit depressed by our apparent lack of progress.
- Dylan seemed exhausted, self-preoccupied, and morbidly depressed. Touched with Fire
- Betty, aged 43, was severely depressed when I first met her.
- Jackson said her boss became increasingly depressed and reverted to smoking heavily.
- Jo was tired, irritable, and depressed.
- I tried on clothes that actually fit me and felt comfortable instead of living in denial and trying on clothing that depressed me when I couldn't get the pants above my thighs.
- A cautionary note is indicated about the generalization of these data to the clinical management of depressed patients.
- The symptoms of depressed patients were significantly reduced after the hatha yoga course. Times, Sunday Times
- It makes me depressed and miserable. The Sun
