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de·pressed
 depressed
- pronunciation:
- dih
prest
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
unhappy or dejected; morose.
She became quite depressed after being turned down by several companies.- antonyms:
- animated, cheerful, ebullient, effervescent, elevated, exalted, exhilarated, jaunty
- similar words:
- blue, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, low, sad
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| definition 2: |
lower than the immediate surroundings.
a depressed sidewalk- antonyms:
- raised
- similar words:
- low
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| definition 3: |
in the midst of economic hard times.
This depressed town had once been the center of a booming manufacturing industry.- antonyms:
- prosperous
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| related words: |
broken-hearted, desolate, forlorn, gloomy, heavy, hopeless, lugubrious, melancholy, moody, morbid, morose, unhappy, wretched |
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