depressed
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depressed
- /dɪˈpɹɛst/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɛst
Where it comes from
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verb
- simple past and past participle of depress
adjective more depressed · most depressed
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Unhappy; despondent.
The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my
Similar: miserable, sorrowful, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen, crestfallen · Opposite: cheerful
- Suffering from clinical depression.
- Suffering damaging effects of economic recession. Born in 1980 to hard-working impoverished parents in Newport News, Virginia, Michael Vick grew up in the Ridley public housing project during the Reagan years when funding for such projects was being largely withdrawn. The eastern part of Newport News where Vick grew up became so depressed that it w
- Reduced to a lower degree or form. The cubic function x³ + cx + d = 0, where one of the terms has a coefficient of zero, is a depressed cubic.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: downcast, dejected, downhearted, low-spirited, dispirited, thin, down, indented, concave, low, blue, depressive, despondent, disheartened, bummed, sad
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adj severely despondent and unhappy
| Español | deprimido, abatido |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 沮喪 /沮丧 jǔsàng, 鬱悶 /郁闷 yùmèn |
| Português | deprimido |
| Français | déprimé, dépressif, mélancolique |
| Deutsch | deprimiert, gedrückt, niedergedrückt, bedrückt |
| Italiano | depresso, abbattuto, abbacchiato, mogio |
| Ελληνικά | άθυμος áthymos |
| Română | deprimat, nefericit, depresionat |
| Русский | пода́вленный podávlennyj, уны́лый unýlyj |
| Tiếng Việt | trầm cảm |
| العربية | مُحْبَط muḥbaṭ, مُكْتَئِب muktaʔib |
| עברית | מדוכא meduká, מדוכדך medukhdákh |
adj suffering from clinical depression
| 中文 | 抑鬱 /抑郁 yìyù |
|---|---|
| Português | deprimido |
| Français | dépressif |
| Deutsch | depressiv |
| Română | deprimat, depresionat |
| Русский | в состоя́нии депре́ссии v sostojánii depréssii |
adj suffering damaging effects of economic recession
| 中文 | 不景氣 /不景气 bù jǐngqì |
|---|---|
| Русский | в состоя́нии депре́ссии v sostojánii depréssii, в состоя́нии засто́я v sostojánii zastója |
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title = {depressed},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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