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de·pressed
(dĭ-prĕst′)adj.
1.
a. Feeling or characterized by sadness or dejection: depressed after losing her job; a depressed mood.
b. Affected with depression as a mood disorder.
2. Sunk below the surrounding region: the depressed center of a crater.
3. Lower in amount, degree, or position: Oil reserves were at depressed levels because of increasing industrial demands.
4.
a. Sluggish in growth or activity: a depressed sector of the economy.
b. Suffering from social and economic hardship: a depressed region.
5. Botany Flattened downward, as if pressed from above.
6. Zoology Flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces.
Synonyms: depressed, blue, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, dispirited, downcast, downhearted
These adjectives mean affected or marked by low spirits: depressed by the loss of his job; lonely and blue in a strange city; is dejected but trying to look cheerful; the despondent supporters of the losing candidate; the disconsolate leaders of a besieged town; dispirited workers facing a plant closing; looked downcast after his defeat; a downhearted patient who welcomed visitors.
These adjectives mean affected or marked by low spirits: depressed by the loss of his job; lonely and blue in a strange city; is dejected but trying to look cheerful; the despondent supporters of the losing candidate; the disconsolate leaders of a besieged town; dispirited workers facing a plant closing; looked downcast after his defeat; a downhearted patient who welcomed visitors.
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depressed
(dɪˈprɛst)adj
1. (Psychology) low in spirits; downcast; despondent
2. lower than the surrounding surface
3. pressed down or flattened
4. (Economics) Also: distressed characterized by relative economic hardship, such as unemployment: a depressed area.
5. lowered in force, intensity, or amount
6. (Botany) (of plant parts) flattened as though pressed from above
7. (Zoology) zoology flattened from top to bottom: the depressed bill of the spoonbill.
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de•pressed
(dɪˈprɛst)adj.
1. sad and gloomy; downcast.
2. Psychiatry. suffering from depression.
3. pressed down, or situated lower than the general surface.
4. lowered in force, amount, etc.
5. undergoing economic hardship, esp. poverty and unemployment.
6. Bot., Zool. flattened down; greater in width than in height.
[1375–1425]
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| Adj. | 1. | depressed - lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down" low - less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low" |
| 2. | depressed - flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint" | |
| 3. | depressed - filled with melancholy and despondency ; "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" dejected - affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful" |
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depressed
adjective
1. sad, down, low, blue, unhappy, discouraged, fed up, moody, gloomy, pessimistic, melancholy, sombre, glum, mournful, dejected, despondent, dispirited, downcast, morose, disconsolate, crestfallen, doleful, downhearted, heavy-hearted, down in the dumps (informal), cheerless, woebegone, down in the mouth (informal), low-spirited He seemed somewhat depressed.
2. poverty-stricken, poor, deprived, distressed, disadvantaged, run-down, impoverished, needy, destitute, down at heel attempts to encourage investment in depressed areas
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depressed
adjective1. In low spirits:
blue, dejected, desolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy-hearted, low, melancholic, melancholy, sad, spiritless, tristful, unhappy, wistful.
Idiom: down at the mouth.
2. Economically and socially below standard:
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Translations
حَزينكَئيب، حَزينيُخَفِّض الأسْعار في السوق
deprimovanýoslabený
deprimereti dårligt humør
masentunuttaantuma
deprimiran
lanyha
dapursem samdráttur hefur orîiî í
意気消沈した
기운이 없는
oslabený
potrt
deprimerad
หดหู่
canı sıkkındurgunüzüntülü
chán nản
depressed
[dɪˈprest] ADJ1. [person] → deprimido, abatido
to feel depressed (about sth) → estar deprimido or abatido (por algo)
to get depressed (about sth) → deprimirse (por algo)
to feel depressed (about sth) → estar deprimido or abatido (por algo)
to get depressed (about sth) → deprimirse (por algo)
2. (Fin) [market, economy, industry] → deprimido
the government has tried to reduce unemployment in depressed areas → el gobierno ha intentado reducir el desempleo de las zonas deprimidas
share prices were depressed following the announcement → los precios de las acciones habían caído tras el anuncio
the government has tried to reduce unemployment in depressed areas → el gobierno ha intentado reducir el desempleo de las zonas deprimidas
share prices were depressed following the announcement → los precios de las acciones habían caído tras el anuncio
3. (Med) (frm) [bone] → hundido; [immune system] → disminuido
a depressed fracture → una fractura por aplastamiento
a depressed fracture → una fractura por aplastamiento
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
depressed
[dɪˈprɛst] adj (= unhappy) → déprimé(e), abattu(e)
to feel depressed → être déprimé(e), se sentir déprimé(e)
I'm feeling depressed → Je suis déprimé.
to get depressed → se démoraliser
to feel depressed → être déprimé(e), se sentir déprimé(e)
I'm feeling depressed → Je suis déprimé.
to get depressed → se démoraliser
(MEDICINE) → dépressif/ive
to become depressed → faire une dépression
to be clinically depressed → être dépressif/ive
to become depressed → faire une dépression
to be clinically depressed → être dépressif/ive
(= run-down) [area] → en déclin
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
depressed
adj
(= despondent) → deprimiert (→ about über +acc); (Med) → depressiv; to look depressed → niedergeschlagen or bedrückt aussehen; to feel depressed → sich deprimiert or niedergeschlagen fühlen
(Econ: = run-down) market → flau, schleppend; economy, industry → geschwächt; region → Not leidend; share prices → fallend; sales → rückläufig; depressed area → Notstandsgebiet nt; the depressed state of the property market → die schlechte Marktlage bei Immobilien
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depressed
[dɪˈprɛst] adjCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
depress
(diˈpres) verb1. to make sad or gloomy. I am always depressed by wet weather.
2. to make less active. This drug depresses the action of the heart.
deˈpressed adjective1. sad or unhappy. The news made me very depressed.
2. made less active. the depressed state of the stock market.
deˈpressing adjective tending to make one sad or gloomy. What a depressing piece of news!
deˈpression (-ʃən) noun1. a state of sadness and low spirits. She was treated by the doctor for depression.
2. lack of activity in trade. the depression of the 1930s.
3. an area of low pressure in the atmosphere. The bad weather is caused by a depression.
4. a hollow.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
depressed
→ حَزين deprimovaný deprimeret deprimiert θλιμμένος deprimido masentunut déprimé deprimiran depresso 意気消沈した 기운이 없는 depressief nedtrykt przygnębiony deprimido угнетенный deprimerad หดหู่ canı sıkkın chán nản 抑郁的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
de·pressed
a. deprimido-a, abatido-a;
vi.
to become ___ → deprimirse.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
depressed
adj deprimido; to get o become — deprimirseEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.