Definitions for depressed

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depressed de·pressed

Spelling: [dih-prest]

IPA: /dɪˈprɛst/

Depressed is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 156 anagrams from letters in depressed (ddeeeprss).

Definitions for depressed

adjective

1. sad and gloomy; dejected; downcast.
2. pressed down, or situated lower than the general surface.
3. lowered in force, amount, etc.
4. undergoing economic hardship, especially poverty and unemployment.
5. being or measured below the standard or norm.
6. Botany, Zoology. flattened down; greater in width than in height.
7. Psychiatry. suffering from depression.

verb (used with object)

1. to make sad or gloomy; lower in spirits; deject; dispirit.
2. to lower in force, vigor, activity, etc.; weaken; make dull.
3. to lower in amount or value.
4. to put into a lower position:
5. to press down.
6. Music. to lower in pitch.

Origin of depressed

late Middle English word dating back to 1375-1425; See origin at depress, -ed²

Examples for depressed

I was so depressed by it and so lost, it completely sucked all the joy out of playing music for me.

Over and above that, he was depressed and made uneasy by the late occurrence at his mother's.

She reached around my hip and flipped up the depressed red button on my individual alarm.

Dick observed that the colonel was depressed and he knew the reason.

The young people in Girls are miserable, peevish, depressed, hate their bodies, themselves, their life, and each other.

I do not know what is the matter with me, but I am in a very nervous state and most depressed.

But his recent Twitter feed, filled with dozens of angry and depressed rants, showed Fryberg was distressed.

Now that everything had been done, that the last minute of suspense was on, she was depressed.

Duerson had apparently suffered several concussions, and in his later years, he was often angry and depressed.

The little baby also languished, sharing its mother's depressed condition.