'Depressed' definitions:
Definition of 'depressed'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down" [syn: depressed, down(p)]
adjective
Flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
adjective
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" [syn: gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited]
Definition of 'Depressed'
From: GCIDE
- Depress \De*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Depressing.] [L. depressus, p. p. of deprimere; de- + premere to press. See Press.]
- 1. To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes. "With lips depressed." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Math.) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree. [1913 Webster]
- To depress the pole (Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator.
- Syn: To sink; lower; abase; cast down; deject; humble; degrade; dispirit; discourage. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Depressed'
From: GCIDE
- Depressed \De*pressed"\, a.
- 1. Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'depressed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alveolar,
- alveolate,
- anguished,
- anxious,
- bad,
- badly off,
- blue,
- bored,
- bowed-down,
- cast down,
- cheerless,
- couchant,
- crouched,
- dashed,
- debased,
- dejected,
- dented,
- deprived,
- despairing,
- despondent,
- desponding,
- dimpled,
- dire,
- disadvantaged,
- disconsolate,
- discouraged,
- disgusted,
- disheartened,
- dispirited,
- donsie,
- doomful,
- down,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- downthrown,
- drooping,
- droopy,
- engraved,
- evil-starred,
- fallen,
- fatal,
- faveolate,
- feeling low,
- flat,
- fortuneless,
- funest,
- grim,
- hapless,
- heartless,
- honeycombed,
- hypochondriac,
- hypochondriacal,
- ill off,
- ill-starred,
- in adverse circumstances,
- in low spirits,
- in the depths,
- in the doldrums,
- in the dumps,
- inauspicious,
- indented,
- joyless,
- knee-high,
- knocked flat,
- laid low,
- languishing,
- low,
- low-built,
- low-hung,
- low-level,
- low-leveled,
- low-lying,
- low-set,
- low-spirited,
- low-statured,
- lowered,
- luckless,
- lugubrious,
- melancholy,
- nauseated,
- nauseous,
- neap,
- notched,
- ominous,
- out of luck,
- pessimistic,
- pining,
- pitted,
- planet-struck,
- pleasureless,
- pocked,
- pockmarked,
- prey to malaise,
- prone,
- prostrate,
- recumbent,
- reduced,
- repelled,
- revolted,
- runty,
- sad,
- short,
- short of luck,
- sickened,
- spiritless,
- squat,
- squatty,
- star-crossed,
- stooped,
- stumpy,
- subdued,
- submerged,
- suffering angst,
- suicidal,
- sunk,
- sunken,
- supine,
- unblessed,
- underprivileged,
- uneasy,
- unelevated,
- unfortunate,
- unfulfilled,
- ungratified,
- unhappy,
- unlucky,
- unprosperous,
- unprovidential,
- unquiet,
- unsatisfied,
- weary of life,
- woebegone,
- world-weary
Words containing 'Depressed'
- Depress,
- Depressant,
- Depressing,
- Depressingly,
- Depression,
- Depressive,
- Depressiveness,
- Angle of depression,
- Depression of the dewpoint,
- Depression of the pole,
- To depress the pole,
- agitated depression,
- anaclitic depression,
- clinical depression,
- depressed fracture,
- depressive disorder,
- dysthymic depression,
- endogenous depression,
- exogenous depression,
- great depression,
- involutional depression,
- manic depression,
- manic depressive,
- natural depression,
- neurotic depression,
- psychotic depression,
- reactive depression,
- retarded depression,
- unipolar depression,
- Depression of the visible horizon,
- major depressive episode,
- manic depressive illness,
- manic-depressive,
- manic-depressive psychosis