depressed

[De*pressed·]

When stocks are depressed they are worth less than they should be. When people are depressed they are sad and lack energy. Depressed means down in spirit or value.

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Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.

Adjective S.
having the central portion lower than the margin; "a depressed pustule"

Adjective S.
low in spirits; "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"

Adjective S.
lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down"

Adjective S.
flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces


imp. & p. p.
of Depress

a.
Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.

a.
Concave on the upper side; -- said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border.

a.
Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground.

a.
Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies.


Depressed

De*pressed" , a. 1. Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled. 2. (Bot.) (a) Concave on the upper side; -- said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border. (b) Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground. 3. (Zo'94l.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies.

Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.

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Usage Examples

Creative people don't behave very well generally. If you're looking for examples of good relationships in show business, you're gonna be depressed real fast. I don't have time for anything else right now but work and my daughter. She's my first priority.

My dad was depressed a lot of the time, and there were a lot of things in his life that he never resolved.

My dad passed away before my freshman year, and it altered how I thought. I was depressed - I didn't hang out with my friends. I worked through it by dancing.

I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they've done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction.

I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo.

If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go for a walk, I would just be depressed all the time.

Of course, I would be depressed sometimes, and my Mom would be worried about me because I would just sleep to escape. Cause I was so scared of being a musician or artist, or whatever you want to call it.

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Other Usage Examples

Last time I spoke to my mom she called me from a pay phone, and we didn't have the best talk. Ever since my stepdad passed away three years ago, she has been very depressed and hasn't been herself at all.

Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has.

Generally, I'm a pretty positive, but like any other working person, if the jobs aren't coming in, I do get depressed.

It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.

But I'm not like sad, depressed miserable person. I guess sometimes I give off that impression.

I was always depressed growing up. There wasn't a reason for it, I just was. I was sad and morose. I cried a lot, I wrote a lot, and I read a lot and that was how I dealt with it.

I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.

I just got tired of being sick and tired and feeling down. Unfortunately, you don't realize this until you're getting sober but the reason why you're depressed all the time is it's the drugs that are depressing you.

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