depressed
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(verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted. Synonyms: depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise. Examples: "These news depressed her." "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her."
Verb Definition 1
(verb) lower (prices or markets). Synonyms: depress. Examples: "The glut of oil depressed gas prices."
Verb Definition 2
(verb) cause to drop or sink. Synonyms: lower, depress. Examples: "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir."
Verb Definition 3
(verb) press down. Synonyms: press down, depress. Examples: "Depress the space key."
Verb Definition 4
(verb) lessen the activity or force of. Synonyms: depress. Examples: "The rising inflation depressed the economy."
Verb Definition 5
(adj) lower than previously. Synonyms: down(predicate). Examples: "The market is depressed." "Prices are down."
Adjective Definition 1
(adj) flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces.
Adjective Definition 2
(adj) filled with melancholy and despondency . Synonyms: gloomy, grim, blue, dispirited, down(predicate), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited. Examples: "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."
Adjective Definition 3