单词 | depressed |
释义 | de·pressed ![]() 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. |
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