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Depressed   /dɪprˈɛst/   Listen
verb
Depress  v. t.  (past & past part. depressed; pres. part. depressing)  
1.
To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes. "With lips depressed."
2.
To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride.
3.
To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed.
4.
To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc.
5.
To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate.
6.
(Math.) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
To depress the pole (Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator.
Synonyms: To sink; lower; abase; cast down; deject; humble; degrade; dispirit; discourage.


adjective
Depressed  adj.  
1.
Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.
2.
(Bot.)
(a)
Concave on the upper side; said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border.
(b)
Lying flat; said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground.
3.
(Zool.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies.





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"Depressed" Quotes from Famous Books



... the girls suddenly discovered that they must pack up their table-cloth and remove all traces of the feast unless they wished the bright light of morning to discover them. They rose hastily, sighing and slightly depressed now that their fun was over. The white table-cloth, no longer very white, was packed into the basket, the ginger-beer bottles placed on top of it and the lid fastened down. Not a crumb of the feast remained; Rover had demolished the bones and ...
— A World of Girls - The Story of a School • L. T. Meade
... encountered difficulties that would have disheartened a less courageous host. With the limited means at hand it seemed impossible to entertain in a manner befitting the dignity of the editor of "The Opp Eagle." But Mr. Opp, though sorely perplexed, was not depressed, for beneath the disturbed surface of his thoughts there ran an undercurrent of pure joy. It caused him to make strange, unnatural sounds in his throat which he meant for song; it made him stop every now and then in his work to glance tenderly and reminiscently at the palm of his right ...
— Mr. Opp • Alice Hegan Rice
... young graduating soldiers one who seemed depressed and out of touch with the triumphant blare of militarism, for he alone of his fellow classmen had there no kith nor kin to bid him ...
— Philip Dru: Administrator • Edward Mandell House
... place, answering advertisements the next day, but met with no luck. He was feeling rather depressed when Chester ...
— Chester Rand - or The New Path to Fortune • Horatio Alger, Jr
... While in Bangor I made my headquarters at his office, and was much benefited and strengthened by coming in contact with him. Days and weeks passed, and I did not taste liquor, although at times, when depressed and tired from over-work, I found it difficult in the extreme to resist the cravings of ...
— Fifteen Years in Hell • Luther Benson


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