depressed Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
   depress; dispirit; dismay; deject; demoralise; get down; cast down; demoralize.
   
   • These news depressed her
   • The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
2. verb lower (prices or markets)
   depress.
   
   • The glut of oil depressed gas prices
3. verb cause to drop or sink
   depress; lower.
   
   • The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir
4. verb press down
   depress; press down.
   
   • Depress the space key
5. verb lessen the activity or force of
   depress.
   
   • The rising inflation depressed the economy
6. adjective satellite lower than previously
   down.
   
   • the market is depressed
   • prices are down
7. adjective satellite flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
   
8. adjective satellite filled with melancholy and despondency
   blue; downhearted; dispirited; down in the mouth; downcast; down; gloomy; low; low-spirited; grim.
   
   • gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
   • gloomy predictions
   • a gloomy silence
   • took a grim view of the economy
   • the darkening mood
   • lonely and blue in a strange city
   • depressed by the loss of his job
   • a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
   • downcast after his defeat
   • feeling discouraged and downhearted

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