depressed

depressed
index despondent, disconsolate, pessimistic

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  • depressed — de‧pressed [dɪˈprest] adjective ECONOMICS 1. an economy or industry that is depressed does not have enough manufacturing or business activity: • The Swiss drug company was a major winner in an otherwise depressed sector as its yearly results… …   Financial and business terms

  • depressed — [adj1] discouraged bad, bleeding*, blue*, bummed out*, cast down, crestfallen, crummy*, dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dispirited, down, down and out*, downcast, downhearted, down in the dumps*, down in the mouth*, dragged*, fed… …   New thesaurus

  • depressed — depressed; un·depressed; …   English syllables

  • depressed — ► ADJECTIVE 1) severely despondent and dejected. 2) suffering the damaging effects of economic recession: depressed rural areas …   English terms dictionary

  • depressed — [dē prest′, diprest′] adj. 1. pressed down 2. lowered in position, intensity, amount, or degree 3. flattened or hollowed, as if pressed down 4. gloomy; dejected; sad 5. suffering from psychological depression 6. characterized by widespread… …   English World dictionary

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • depressed — dejected, dispirited, *downcast, disconsolate, woebegone Analogous words: gloomy, glum, morose (see SULLEN): discouraged, disheartened (see DISCOURAGE): *melancholy, lugubrious …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • depressed — de|pressed [ dı prest ] adjective ** 1. ) not usually before noun if you are depressed, you feel very unhappy because of a difficult or unpleasant situation that you feel you cannot change: depressed about: He was very depressed about losing his… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • depressed */*/ — UK [dɪˈprest] / US adjective 1) a) [not usually before noun] if you are depressed, you feel very unhappy because of a difficult or unpleasant situation that you feel you cannot change depressed about: He was very depressed about losing his job.… …   English dictionary

  • depressed — de|pressed [dıˈprest] adj 1.) a) very unhappy ▪ She felt lonely and depressed . depressed about ▪ Don t get depressed about it. ▪ The divorce left him deeply depressed . ▪ I was depressed at the thought of all the hard work ahead. b) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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