depressed

[dih-prest]

adjective

1. sad and gloomy; dejected; downcast.

   Synonyms: morbid, blue, miserable, despondent, morose
   Antonyms: happy

2. pressed down, or situated lower than the general surface.

3. lowered in force, amount, etc.

4. undergoing economic hardship, especially poverty and unemployment.

5. being or measured below the standard or norm.

6. Botany, Zoology.,  flattened down; greater in width than in height.

7. Psychiatry.,  having or experiencing depression.

depressed

/ dɪˈprɛst /

adjective

1. low in spirits; downcast; despondent

2. lower than the surrounding surface

3. pressed down or flattened

4. Also: distressed. characterized by relative economic hardship, such as unemployment

   a depressed area

5. lowered in force, intensity, or amount

6. (of plant parts) flattened as though pressed from above

7. zoology flattened from top to bottom

   the depressed bill of the spoonbill

Other Word Forms

• nondepressed adjective
• quasi-depressed adjective
• subdepressed adjective
• undepressed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of depressed¹

From a late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; depress, -ed ²

Example Sentences

His numbers have stayed there, seemingly depressed from voters who disapprove of his National Guard stunts and immigration crackdown; they have told pollsters the president went “too far.”

From Salon

“Everybody is chronically depressed, this feeling of having absolutely no say so with what’s going on in your life.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Is it fun being depressed? You cannot succumb!”

From Los Angeles Times

I shot the first special in August of 2016; then the election happened and I was so depressed because I had assumed that people were better than what they turned out to be.

From Los Angeles Times

When someone is depressed, is highly anxious, is anorexic or has OCD or ADHD, do we dismiss these conditions as fraudulent excuses or flights from responsibility?

From Salon

Related Words

• desolate 
• despondent 
• discouraged 
• miserable 
• morose 
• not happy www.thesaurus.com
• pessimistic 
• sad 
• unhappy