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Depressed   /dɪprˈɛst/   Listen
verb
Depress  v. t.  (past & past part. depressed; pres. part. depressing)  
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."
2.
To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride.
3.
To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed.
4.
To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc.
5.
To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate.
6.
(Math.) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
To depress the pole (Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator.
Synonyms: To sink; lower; abase; cast down; deject; humble; degrade; dispirit; discourage.


adjective
Depressed  adj.  
1.
Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.
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.
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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"Depressed" Quotes from Famous Books



... of fighting and scouring the woods had cost the North nearly 16,000 men; the South, 20,000. The retreat on July 2 to Harrison's Landing was McClellan's confession of failure, which sorely distressed his superiors in Washington and greatly depressed the spirits of the North. Lee's first essay at war on a large scale had saved the Confederate capital, though at fearful cost, and he was everywhere regarded as a great general. From this time Davis and the Confederate Government gave him the fullest confidence, ...
— Expansion and Conflict • William E. Dodd
... ready," the other explained. "You depress into position the various keys you want until all the records needed for this one card are ready. Then you can glance over your keyboard, comparing what might be called your map of depressed keys with the line of the schedule you are copying. If one is wrong, you can release that one and put down the correct one in its place, the card being as yet untouched. You see, each field or division of the card corresponds with ...
— The Boy With the U.S. Census • Francis Rolt-Wheeler
... a haunting sense that I had of late injured him and owed him reparation. It vanished after he had been in my room an hour, to return when he had quitted it, and incessantly and inexplicably it went and came in this manner. He was depressed. I longed for drollery, relieved only by chance allusions to my beloved one, whereas he could not conceal his wish to turn the stupid duel ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith
... bath, a shave, fresh clothes and breakfast began to improve the situation, but he was still desperately depressed. The adoring solicitude of his aunts—more tender after their night of prayerful and ...
— Where the Souls of Men are Calling • Credo Harris
... you were likely to be, and would to God the dancing demon may conduct you at last in peace and comfort to the "life and labors of a cottager." You see from the above awkward playfulness of fancy, that my spirits are not quite depressed; I should ill deserve God's blessings, which since the late terrible event have come down in mercy upon us, if I indulged regret or querulousness,—Mary continues serene and chearful,—I have not by me a little letter she wrote to me, for, tho' I see her almost ...
— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Vol. 5 • Edited by E. V. Lucas


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