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depressed

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de·pressed  (d-prst)
adj.
1. Low in spirits; dejected.
2. Suffering from psychological depression.
3. Sunk below the surrounding region: the depressed center of a crater.
4. Lower in amount, degree, or position: Oil reserves were at depressed levels because of increasing industrial demands.
5.
a. Sluggish in growth or activity: a depressed sector of the economy.
b. Suffering from social and economic hardship: a depressed region.
6. Botany Flattened downward, as if pressed from above.
7. Zoology Flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces.
Synonyms: depressed, blue, dejected, dispirited, downcast, downhearted
These adjectives mean affected or marked by low spirits: depressed by the loss of his job; lonely and blue in a strange city; is dejected but trying to look cheerful; a dispirited and resigned expression on her face; looked downcast after his defeat; a downhearted patient who welcomed visitors.

depressed [dɪˈprɛst]
adj
1. (Psychology) low in spirits; downcast; despondent
2. lower than the surrounding surface
3. pressed down or flattened
4. (Economics) Also distressed characterized by relative economic hardship, such as unemployment a depressed area
5. lowered in force, intensity, or amount
6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of plant parts) flattened as though pressed from above
7. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Zoology flattened from top to bottom the depressed bill of the spoonbill
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.depressed - lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down"
low - less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low"
2.depressed - flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
3.depressed - filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
dejected - affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful"

depressed
adjective
2. poverty-stricken, poor, deprived, distressed, disadvantaged, run-down, impoverished, needy, destitute, down at heel attempts to encourage investment in depressed areas
3. lowered, devalued, weakened, impaired, depreciated, cheapened We need to prevent further falls in already depressed prices.
4. sunken, hollow, recessed, set back, indented, concave Manual pressure is applied to a depressed point on the body.
Translations
depressed [dɪˈprest] ADJ
1. [person] → deprimido, abatido
to feel depressed (about sth)estar deprimido or abatido(por algo)
to get depressed (about sth)deprimirse(por algo)
2. (Fin) [market, economy, industry] → deprimido
the government has tried to reduce unemployment in depressed areasel gobierno ha intentado reducir el desempleo de las zonas deprimidas
share prices were depressed following the announcementlos precios de las acciones habían caído tras el anuncio
3. (Med) (frm) [bone] → hundido; [immune system] → disminuido
a depressed fractureuna fractura por aplastamiento

depressed [dɪˈprɛst] adj
(= unhappy) → déprimé(e), abattu(e)
to feel depressed → être déprimé(e), se sentir déprimé(e)
I'm feeling depressed → Je suis déprimé.
to get depressed → se démoraliser
(MEDICINE)dépressif/ive
to become depressed → faire une dépression
to be clinically depressed → être dépressif/ive
(= run-down) [area] → en déclin
[market, trade] → déprimé(e)
to remain depressed [prices] → rester bas; [industry] → demeurer en déclin

depressed
adj
(= despondent)deprimiert (→ about über +acc); (Med) → depressiv; to look depressedniedergeschlagen or bedrückt aussehen; to feel depressedsich deprimiert or niedergeschlagen fühlen
(Econ: = run-down) marketflau, schleppend; economy, industrygeschwächt; regionNot leidend; share pricesfallend; salesrückläufig; depressed areaNotstandsgebiet nt; the depressed state of the property marketdie schlechte Marktlage bei Immobilien
(form: = sunken) → tief liegend

depressed [dɪˈprɛst] adj
a. (person) → depresso/a
to feel depressed → sentirsi depresso/a
to get depressed → deprimersi
b. (area) → depresso/a; (industry) → in crisi (Fin) (market, trade) → stagnante, in ribasso

depressed [dɪˈprɛst] adj
a. (person) → depresso/a
to feel depressed → sentirsi depresso/a
to get depressed → deprimersi
b. (area) → depresso/a; (industry) → in crisi (Fin) (market, trade) → stagnante, in ribasso

depressed محبط deprimovaný deprimeret deprimiert θλιμμένος deprimido masentunut déprimé deprimiran depresso 意気消沈した 기운이 없는 depressief nedtrykt przygnębiony deprimido угнетенный deprimerad หดหู่ canı sıkkın chán nản 抑郁的


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The Eagle was much depressed in spirits by the change.
Yet somehow I feel depressed when I read it, for I seem now to have grown twice as old as I was when I penned its concluding lines.
These were the reflections which now troubled Crayford, and which presented him, after his rescue, in the strangely inappropriate character of a depressed and anxious man.
 
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