de·pressed
(dĭ-prĕst́)
adjective
- Low in spirits; dejected.
- Suffering from psychological depression.
- Sunk below the surrounding region: the depressed center of a crater.
- Lower in amount, degree, or position: Oil reserves were at depressed levels because of increasing industrial demands.
- Sluggish in growth or activity: a depressed sector of the economy.
- Suffering from social and economic hardship: a depressed region.
- Botany Flattened downward, as if pressed from above.
- 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.
de·press
(dĭ-prĕś)
[Middle English depressen, to push down, from Old French depresser, from Latin dēprimere, dēpress-, dē-, de-, + premere, to press.]
transitive verb: -pressed, -press·ing, -press·es.
- To lower in spirits; deject.
- To cause to drop or sink; lower: The drought depressed the water level in the reservoirs.
- To press down: Depress the space bar on a typewriter.
- To lessen the activity or force of; weaken: feared that rising inflation would further depress the economy.
- To lower prices in (a financial market).
derivatives
- de·presśi·ble
- adjective
