depressedadjective
uk/dɪˈprest/us/dɪˈprest/depressed adjective (SAD)
B1 unhappy and without hope:
He seemed a bit depressed about his work situation.
She became deeply depressed when her husband died.
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- He's been listless and a bit depressed ever since he got his exam results.
- She became very depressed in her old age.
- He sounded very depressed when we spoke on the phone yesterday.
- Pete was so depressed after his girlfriend left him that I actually thought he was suicidal.
- Try not to get depressed - after all, what's the use of worrying?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feeling sad and unhappy
- (down) in the dumps idiom
- a dog's life idiom
- a long face idiom
- abject
- be cut up idiom
- be down in the mouth idiom
- be in a funk idiom
- bruised
- distressed
- dog
- doleful
- dour
- miserably
- moody
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- morose
- mournful
- the doldrums
- wretched
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depressed adjective (REDUCED)
C2 not having enough money, jobs, or business activity:
In a depressed market, it's difficult to sell goods unless you lower your prices.
an economically depressed area
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Economics
- autarchy
- broad money
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- consumer price index
- credit crunch
- downturn
- economist
- expenditure
- GDP per capita
- GNI
- hyperinflation
- market forces
- mixed economy
- pecuniary
- protectionism
- retail price index
- spending
- stall
- trade figures
- upturn
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