depressed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /dɪˈpɹɛst/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Meanings
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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 landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.
1917, Anton Chekhov, translated by Constance Garnett, The Darling and Other Stories, Project Gutenberg, published 9 September 2004, →ISBN, page 71:
- Suffering from clinical depression.
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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grew up in the Ridley public housing project during the Reagan years when funding for such projects was being largely withdrawn.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 was called 'Bad Newz'.
2015, Heidi Nast, “Pit Bulls, Slavery, and Whiteness in the Mid- to Late-Nineteenth-Century U.S.”, in Rosemary-Claire Collard, Kathryn Gillespie, editors, Critical Animal Geographies, page 141:
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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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most depressed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more depressed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
undepressed · nondepressed · depressedness · pseudodepressed · anxiodepressed · immunodepressed · duppie · depressedly · clinically depressed · subdepressed
Synonyms
melancholic · woe · sorrowful · saturnine · unconsolable · unhappy · spiritless · cut up · bummed out · downhearted · chopfallen · sullen · querulous · Plutonic · dull · passionate · disgruntled · lamentful · atrabiliary · Plutonian · grief-stricken · morose · jawfallen · dismal · saddened · grieving · downcast · down in the mouth · ruthful · heartsick · blue · miserable · chapfallen · sombre · damp · sorrowsome · triste · infelicitous · moody · dejected · low · low-spirited · elegious · cheerless · tristful · sad · plaintive · uncheerful · threnetic · inconsolable · disheartened · crestfallen · forlorn · solemn · glum · uncheery · woebegone · mopey · unlively · dispirited · threnetical · depressed · wistful · elegiac · atrabilious · lugubrious · doleful · despondent · gloomy · wretched · dolesome · sorrowful · mournful · heartsore · down · down in the dumps · downsome · melancholy · shattered · woeful · miserable · lumpish · lachrymose · disconsolate · blitheless · sorrow-ridden · joyless · heavy-hearted
Translations (84)
ru в состоя́нии депре́ссии (suffering from clinical depression) · cmn 抑鬱 /抑郁 (suffering from clinical depression) · tr debrese (suffering from clinical depression) · ru пода́вленный (severely despondent and unhappy) · grc δύσθυμος (severely despondent and unhappy) · fa افسرده (severely despondent and unhappy) · ro depresionat (severely despondent and unhappy) · nb deprimert (severely despondent and unhappy) · pt deprimido (severely despondent and unhappy) · ca deprimit (suffering from clinical depression) · he מדוכדך (severely despondent and unhappy) · es abatido (severely despondent and unhappy) · el άθυμος (severely despondent and unhappy) · mi tāmate (severely despondent and unhappy) · ro deprimat (severely despondent and unhappy) · ca deprimit (suffering damaging effects of economic recession) · sv deprimerad (suffering damaging effects of economic recession) · hu csüggedt (severely despondent and unhappy) · ar مُكْتَئِب (severely despondent and unhappy) · pl dotknięty depresji (suffering from clinical depression) · tr morali bozuk (severely despondent and unhappy) · cmn 沮喪 /沮丧 (severely despondent and unhappy) · de niedergedrückt (severely despondent and unhappy) · it abbacchiato (severely despondent and unhappy) · ar مُحْبَط (severely despondent and unhappy) · bg депресиран (suffering from clinical depression) · de deprimiert (severely despondent and unhappy) · it abbattuto (severely despondent and unhappy) · gd gruamach (severely despondent and unhappy) · ga in ísle brí (severely despondent and unhappy) · hu lehangolt (severely despondent and unhappy) · it depresso (severely despondent and unhappy) · cu оумилѥнъ (severely despondent and unhappy) · ro deprimat (suffering from clinical depression) · sa खिन्न (severely despondent and unhappy) · vi trầm cảm (severely despondent and unhappy) · ro depresionat (suffering from clinical depression) · tr keyifsiz (severely despondent and unhappy) · cs deprimovaný (severely despondent and unhappy) · gl deprimido (suffering from clinical depression) · tr depresyonlu (suffering from clinical depression) · ru в состоя́нии засто́я (suffering damaging effects of economic recession) · is þunglyndur (suffering from clinical depression) · ca deprimit (severely despondent and unhappy) · de gedrückt (severely despondent and unhappy) · sv deprimerad (suffering from clinical depression) · fr dépressif (suffering from clinical depression) · gl deprimido (severely despondent and unhappy) · tr bunalımlı (suffering from clinical depression) · pt deprimido (suffering from clinical depression) · win nąącgestak (severely despondent and unhappy) · ro nefericit (severely despondent and unhappy) · tr üzgün (severely despondent and unhappy) · bg унил (severely despondent and unhappy) · fr mélancolique (severely despondent and unhappy) · nn deprimert (severely despondent and unhappy) · hu depressziós (suffering from clinical depression) · acw مُكْتَئِب (severely despondent and unhappy) · rgn abatù (severely despondent and unhappy) · no deprimert (suffering from clinical depression) · cmn 不景氣 /不景气 (suffering damaging effects of economic recession) · nl depressief (suffering from clinical depression) · sv deppa (severely despondent and unhappy) · fi masentunut (severely despondent and unhappy) · nb deppa (severely despondent and unhappy) · de bedrückt (severely despondent and unhappy) · cmn 鬱悶 /郁闷 (severely despondent and unhappy) · pl nieszczęśliwy (severely despondent and unhappy) · yi פֿאַרקלעמט (severely despondent and unhappy) · nn deppa (severely despondent and unhappy) · bg потиснат (severely despondent and unhappy) · fr déprimé (severely despondent and unhappy) · tr çökkün (severely despondent and unhappy) · sv deprimerad (severely despondent and unhappy) · de depressiv (suffering from clinical depression) · it mogio (severely despondent and unhappy) · fr dépressif (severely despondent and unhappy) · pdt bedrekj (severely despondent and unhappy) · ru в состоя́нии депре́ссии (suffering damaging effects of economic recession) · he מדוכא (severely despondent and unhappy) · ru уны́лый (severely despondent and unhappy) · fi masentunut (suffering from clinical depression) · fi taantumassa (suffering damaging effects of economic recession) · es deprimido (severely despondent and unhappy)