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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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verb

past tense of depress
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Recent Examples of depressed
Adjective
Volunteers became depressed, irritable, anxious, and withdrawn. Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025 Jeffrey Rignall died in 2000 In the wake of Gacy’s attack, Rignall became depressed and withdrawn, suffering from bouts of vomiting and losing nearly 40 pounds, per The Courier Journal. Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
Some thoughts gave courage to keep going while others depressed me. Bill Shaber, Outdoor Life, 22 Oct. 2025 Have you ever been depressed at karaoke? Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for depressed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depressed
Adjective
  • The Soarin’ hang-gliding flight simulator attractions combine mechanical lift systems with three rows of seats and aerial footage projected onto an 80-foot-tall concave domed movie screen to create a visual tour tied to a specific theme.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In particular, the concave deck feels a lot like a skateboard and allows for better board feel and control—enabling Payne to do actual kick-flips on the wave.
    Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Manchester City 3-1 Bournemouth Sunderland vs Everton David Moyes has not been back on the touchline at the Stadium of Light since his unhappy spell in charge of Sunderland ended in relegation in 2017.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • But if Brown is that unhappy with his status on the team, perhaps moving him would be addition by subtraction, as Florio suggested.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • There is a mandatory part of the academy scholarship where boys undertake community projects, working with schools in deprived areas close to St James’.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • After lawmakers in Germany determined that anonymous surrenders deprived children of the chance to learn anything about their parentage, Germany passed a confidential-birth law in 2014.
    Alana Semuels, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Though he was initially troubled to find his image being used on Sora 2, the implementation of new guardrails around consent seem to have assuaged his concerns.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Your letter troubled me, friend.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • In exchange, the United States lowered some of its tariffs.
    Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The rescue medics and firefighters stabilized the man and lowered him by rope (in a Stokes basket) to a waiting ambulance.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 2023, the NFL suspended Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams, who missed four games after his initial six-game suspension was reduced, for placing a bet on a non-NFL game from an NFL facility.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • However, Deadline reported that Grey's Anatomy had reduced the minimum guarantees for series regulars from 18 episodes per season to 14 during its 2024-25 season.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And backup goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili has been pressed into action while Alisson Becker recovers from a hamstring injury.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But the piece de resistance is a small button on the face of the guitar that, when pressed, activates a chip on a soundboard that elicits the distinctive roar of Godzilla.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Unlike a bird, a bat's wing bones are not hollow.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Visitors who travel down a dirt road to The Hollow — named for the hollow-core concrete that made Mellor wealthy — can enter the compound through a dark, cavernous passage lined with neon signs illuminating maxims from the likes of Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and Flynn.
    Arthur Allen, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Depressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depressed. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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