English Explanatory Dictionary

depressed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of depress
adj
  1. Unhappy; despondent.
  2. Suffering from clinical depression.
  3. Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.
  4. Reduced to a lower degree or form.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈpɹɛst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-depressed.wav

Word forms

depressed more depressed most depressed

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Synonyms

miserable sorrowful atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen cut up damp dejected depressed despondent disgruntled disconsolate disheartened dismal doleful dolesome down down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted downsome dull elegiac elegious forlorn gloomy glum grief-stricken grieving heavy-hearted heartsore heartsick inconsolable infelicitous jawfallen joyless lachrymose lamentful low low-spirited lugubrious lumpish melancholic melancholy moody mopey morose mournful passionate plaintive Plutonian Plutonic

Antonyms

cheerful

Derived words

anxiodepressed clinically depressed depressedly depressedness duppie immunodepressed nondepressed pseudodepressed subdepressed undepressed
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