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- the depressed sections of the highway under the overpasses constantly get flooded during heavy rainstorms
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- I was depressed and didn't feel much like going to the party, but felt better afterwards
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- bad,
- blue,
- brokenhearted,
- cast down,
- crestfallen,
- dejected,
- despondent,
- disconsolate,
- doleful,
- down,
- down in the mouth,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- droopy,
- forlorn,
- gloomy,
- glum,
- hangdog,
- heartbroken,
- heartsick,
- heartsore,
- heavyhearted,
- inconsolable,
- joyless,
- low,
- low-spirited,
- melancholic,
- melancholy,
- miserable,
- mournful,
- sad,
- saddened,
- sorrowful,
- sorry,
- unhappy,
- woebegone,
- woeful,
- wretched
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- a depressed class of people whose living conditions have not improved significantly despite targeted social programs
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of depressed (Entry 2 of 2)
- the thought of once again failing the bar exam depressed me
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- construction workers depressed the roadbed in order to make way for an overpass
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- plopped,
- plunked down
- (or plonked down)
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- the glut of wheat on the market has depressed that commodity for most of the past year
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- attenuated,
- broke,
- cheapened,
- depreciated,
- devaluated,
- devalued,
- downgraded,
- lowered,
- marked down,
- reduced,
- sank
- (or sunk),
- wrote down,
- wrote off
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- depressed the lever to start the machine
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“Depressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depressed. Accessed 19 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of depressed was in 1598
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