depressed

1. 1
   adjective

   Feeling very sad and low, with little energy or hope, for a while.

   Like a gray, cloudy day that just won't clear up.

   She felt depressed for days after losing her job.

   He looked depressed all week and didn't want to talk to anyone.

   Similarunhappy, miserable, dejected, despondent, downcast

   Oppositecheerful

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2. 2
   adjective

   Having a medical illness that makes you feel very sad and tired for a long time.

   Like a phone stuck on low battery that a short rest can't recharge.

   Her doctor said she was depressed and needed treatment.

   Many people who are depressed get better with therapy and medicine.

   Similardespondent, dejected, miserable, dispirited, disheartened

   Oppositecheerful

3. 3
   adjective

   Hurt by hard economic times, with few jobs and little business.

   Like a garden that stops growing when there's no rain.

   The factory town stayed depressed for years after the mills closed.

   Stores struggled to survive in the depressed neighborhood.

   Similarstagnant, sluggish, weak, slack, flat

   Oppositebooming, thriving, buoyant, prosperous

4. 4
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of depress. Use this form for the past or after 'have'.

   The bad news depressed everyone at the meeting.

   She had depressed the lever to start the machine.

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5. 5
   adjective

   Lowered to a smaller amount or a simpler form than before.

   Like turning a dial down to a lower setting.

   Doctors kept his heart rate depressed with medication.

   Cold weather left the battery's output depressed all morning.

   Similarreduced, diminished, blunted

   Oppositeraised, elevated, heightened

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