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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•pressed /dɪˈprɛst/USA pronunciation adj. - sad or gloomy;
lowered in spirits:felt depressed after failing the test.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•pressed (di prest′),USA pronunciation adj. - sad and gloomy;
dejected;
downcast. - pressed down, or situated lower than the general surface.
- lowered in force, amount, etc.
- Sociologyundergoing economic hardship, esp. poverty and unemployment.
- being or measured below the standard or norm.
- [Bot., Zool.]flattened down;
greater in width than in height. - Psychiatrysuffering from depression.
- 1375–1425; late Middle English; see depress, -ed2
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . saddened, morose, despondent, miserable; blue; morbid.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . happy.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: depressed /dɪˈprɛst/ adj - low in spirits; downcast; despondent
- lower than the surrounding surface
- pressed down or flattened
Also: distressed characterized by relative economic hardship, such as unemployment: a depressed area- lowered in force, intensity, or amount
- (of plant parts) flattened as though pressed from above
- flattened from top to bottom: the depressed bill of the spoonbill
de•press /dɪˈprɛs/USA pronunciation v. [ ~ + obj]- to make sad or gloomy;
sadden:Her sad news depressed me. - to lower in amount or value;
lessen;
weaken:to depress the economy. - to put into a lower position;
press down:Depress the brake pedal.
de•press•ive, adj. See -press-. depress is a verb, depressed and depressing are adjectives, depression is a noun:Crime stories depress me. I'm very depressed. Those stories are depressing. She is suffering from depression. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•press (di pres′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to make sad or gloomy;
lower in spirits;
deject;
dispirit. - to lower in force, vigor, activity, etc.;
weaken;
make dull. - to lower in amount or value.
- to put into a lower position:to depress the muzzle of a gun.
- to press down.
- Music and Danceto lower in pitch.
- Latin dēpressus pressed down (past participle of dēprimere, equivalent. to de- de- + -primere, combining form of premere to press); see pressure
- Anglo-French, Old French depresser
- Middle English depressen 1275–1325
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dishearten, discourage, sadden. See oppress.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged devalue, cheapen.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged raise, elevate.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: depress /dɪˈprɛs/ vb (transitive)- to lower in spirits; make gloomy; deject
- to weaken or lower the force, vigour, or energy of
- to lower prices of (securities or a security market)
- to press or push down
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French depresser, from Latin dēprimere from de- + premere to press1 |