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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. lower than previously;
- Example: "the market is depressed"
- Example: "prices are down"
[syn: depressed, down(p)]

2. flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces;

3. filled with melancholy and despondency ;
- Example: "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"
- Example: "gloomy predictions"
- Example: "a gloomy silence"
- Example: "took a grim view of the economy"
- Example: "the darkening mood"
- Example: "lonely and blue in a strange city"
- Example: "depressed by the loss of his job"
- Example: "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"
- Example: "downcast after his defeat"
- Example: "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
[syn: gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Depress \De*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depressed; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Depressing.] [L. depressus, p. p. of deprimere; de-
   + premere to press. See Press.]
   1. To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower;
      as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes.
      "With lips depressed." --Tennyson.
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   2. To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride.
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   3. To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were
      depressed.
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   4. To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as
      trade, commerce, etc.
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   5. To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to
      cheapen; to depreciate.
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   6. (Math.) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
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   To depress the pole (Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to
      appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward
      the equator.

   Syn: To sink; lower; abase; cast down; deject; humble;
        degrade; dispirit; discourage.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Depressed \De*pressed"\, a.
   1. Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited;
      sad; humbled.
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   2. (Bot.)
      (a) Concave on the upper side; -- said of a leaf whose
          disk is lower than the border.
      (b) Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close
          to the ground.
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   3. (Zool.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the
      horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of
      animals, or of parts of the bodies.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

depressed
    adj 1: lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices
           are down" [syn: depressed, down(p)]
    2: flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened
       along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
    3: 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" [syn:
       gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited,
       down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth,
       low, low-spirited]