Depressed

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Low in spirits; dejected.
  • adjective. Suffering from clinical depression.
  • adjective. Sunk below the surrounding region.
  • adjective. Lower in amount, degree, or position.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Sluggish in growth or activity.
  • adjective. Suffering from social and economic hardship.
  • adjective. Flattened downward, as if pressed from above.
  • adjective. Flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pressed down; lowered; put on a level with or below the surface: as, a depressed railroad. Specifically
  • In anatomy and zoology, pressed downward, or flattened from above, and therefore broader than high: as, a depressed fish—for example, the skate; the depressed bill of a bird, as that of the swallow: opposed to compressed.
  • In botany, flattened vertically; sunk below the surrounding margin: as, a depressed plant (one whose growth, is lateral rather than upward).
  • In heraldry, surmounted or debruised. See debruised.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Concave on the upper side; -- said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border.
  • adjective. Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground.
  • adjective. Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of depress.
  • adjective. unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent
  • adjective. Suffering from clinical depression.
  • adjective. Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. lower than previously
  • adjective. filled with melancholy and despondency
  • adjective. flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
  • Word Usage
    "My father and I would tell each other and anyone who asked about her that she was still grieving or having a hard time or not feeling well today, but we never used the word depressed."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    cheerful  
    Equivalent
    dejected  low  thin  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Best  Blessed  Brest  Celeste  Este  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-stem
    depress