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feeling unhappiness I was depressed and didn't feel much like going to the party, but felt better afterwards

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past tense of depress
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Recent Examples of depressed
Adjective
Screenshot from a July 1 TikTok video of a depressed golden retriever waiting for her dog dad to return 1 1/2 years after a breakup. Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025 The law expands opportunity zones and extends tax benefits for investing in inner cities and economically depressed rural areas. Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 9 July 2025 Most of the time, Superman is depressed or angry or getting beat to a pulp or having cans thrown at him or getting arrested. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025 Despite these efforts, the advertiser exodus of 2023 meant that X’s ad revenue was quite depressed. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for depressed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depressed
Adjective
  • Alpine slides are similar but have a continuous, concave surface instead of a track.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 4 July 2025
  • High atop a particularly craggy one, the rainfall gets a toehold beneath soil clinging to a very steep and slightly concave slope of rock.
    Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • That's become a new line of attack for the Trump administration, which is already unhappy with the Fed for not moving more aggressively to lower interest rates.
    Scott Horsley, NPR, 14 July 2025
  • Speculation is that Ferrari is unhappy with Vasseur's performance, although these rumors have been shut down by Vasseur, Lewis Hamilton, and Charles Leclerc.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • In the last election, some of the most deprived areas of the country — based on factors like income, housing and health — voted for the Conservative Party for the first time.
    Josh Holder, New York Times, 24 June 2024
  • But what makes Seller’s story sing is his vivid recollection of a deprived childhood with demanding parents, his first job as a booking agent, and his coming out during the early days of the AIDS epidemic.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Citigroup lowered its price targets across the banking sector, including Club names Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo .
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Although Raymond James lowered its 12-month price target on Coherent to $91 from $110, that still implies more than 33% upside from Friday’s close.
    Sean Conlon, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
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  • The final amount could be affected by two factors — the number of claims and how much of the settlement fund is reduced to cover legal fees and costs.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Liver damage can be reduced if the person stops drinking.
    George Petras, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Vance pressed Zelenskyy, who has thanked America over and over.
    Maureen Dowd, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
  • At her pool, visitors pressed against a window, ogling the manatees swimming inside without always understanding the calamities that brought the animals there.
    Bethany Barnes, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • It's named after the legendary South African, who famously played his tee shot into the hollow all four days during the 1951 Open.
    Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • That’s the purpose of these hearings, just to show how hollow these people are and how the language really was used for power.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • That's the sad reality facing many dogs in the wider shelter system.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
  • Know that all feelings are OK Some kids might be very sad or might be scared, and some kids might not have thought about this at all.
    Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 11 July 2025

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“Depressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depressed. Accessed 28 Jul. 2025.

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