depressed Definition

depress
verb depressed, depressing

1. To make someone sad and gloomy.

Thesaurus: discourage, dishearten, dispirit, dampen, deject, daunt; Antonym: cheer.
2. formal
To make (prices, etc) lower.
Thesaurus: lower, flatten, squash, level, settle.
3. formal
To press down.
4. To reduce the energy or power of something: to weaken something.

Etymology: 16c; 14c, meaning ‘to overcome, to vanquish': from French depresser.

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depressed
adj

1. Sad and gloomy.

Thesaurus: saddened, downcast, despondent, disheartened, discouraged, glum, melancholy, miserable, crestfallen, down in the dumps, blue; Antonym: cheerful.
2. psychol.
Suffering from depression.
3. Said of a region, town, etc: suffering from high unemployment and low standards of living.
4. Said of trade, a market, etc: not flourishing.
5. Lowered; pressed down, flattened.

Thesaurus: indented, dented, concave, sunken, recessed; Antonym: convex, prominent, protuberant.