depressed

de·pressed

adjective

Definition of DEPRESSED

1

: low in spirits : sad; especially : affected by psychological depression

2

a : vertically flattened <a depressed cactus>

b : having the central part lower than the margin

c : lying flat or prostrate

d : dorsoventrally flattened

3

: suffering from economic depression; especially : underprivileged

4

: being below the standard

Examples of DEPRESSED

1. The rainy weather had her feeling lonely and depressed.
2. He was depressed about having to return to school.
3. The new drug is being tested on a group of severely depressed patients.
4. living in a depressed area
5. The patient has a somewhat depressed appetite.
6. Prices have remained at a depressed level.

First Known Use of DEPRESSED

1598

Related to DEPRESSED

Synonyms

concave, dented, hollow, dished, indented, recessed, sunken

Antonyms

bulging, cambered, convex, protruding, protrusive, protuberant

Related Words

alveolar, cavernous, crescentic, cuplike, cupped, cuppy, recurved; dimpled, pockmarked; compressed, condensed, contracted, diminished, reduced

Near Antonyms

ballooning, bloated, blown up, bulbous, distended, enlarged, expanded, extended, inflated, jutting, projecting, puffed, puffy, risen, swollen; domed, global, globular, round, rounded, spherical

Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

Rhymes with DEPRESSED

abreast, abscessed, appressed, armrest, arrest, at best, at rest, attest, backrest, beau geste, bed rest, behest, bequest, blood test, congest, conquest, contest, crow's nest, detest, devest, digest, distressed, divest, egest, eighth rest, field-test, flight-test, footrest, gabfest, half rest, hard-pressed, headrest, high-test, hillcrest, hope chest, houseguest, imprest, incest, infest, ingest, inquest, interest, invest, Key West, lovefest, love nest, Mae West, mare's nest, Midwest, molest, northwest, patch test, posttest, pretest, professed, protest, redbreast, repressed, request, revest, road test, scratch test, screen test, sea chest, skin test, slop chest, slugfest, southwest, spot test, steam chest, stress test, suggest, Trieste, t-test, unblessed, undressed, unrest, unstressed, war chest, whole rest, Wild West

de·pressed

adjective \di-ˈprest\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of DEPRESSED

1

: low in spirits; specifically : affected by psychological depression <a severely depressed patient>

2

a : having the central part lower than the margin <a depressed pustule> b : dorsoventrally flattened <the tapeworm is a depressed animal—R. A. Wardle & J. A. McLeod>