depressed

Meaning

Verb

simple past and past participle of depress

Adj

1. Unhappy; despondent.
2. Unhappy; despondent.
3. Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.
4. Reduced to a lower degree or form.

depress

1. To press down.
2. To make depressed, sad or bored.
3. To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
4. To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
5. To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.

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Opposite of

cheerful

Synonyms

sad

☹️

gloomy

dejected

downcast

down

melancholy

dispirited

downhearted

low

melancholic

blue

low-spirited

unhappy

☹️

despondent

sorrowful

feel sad

crestfallen

feel unhappy

miserable

listless

sunk

spiritless

sunken

oppressed

mournful

lowered

distressed

cheerless

disappointed

😞

chapfallen

down in the mouth

depressive

hollow

worried

😟

forlorn

afflicted

lugubrious

sullen

regretful

backward

despair

moody

morose

pitiable

sink

hopeless

joyless

doleful

anxious

grievous

Translations

depresso

deprimiert

deprimido

déprimé

niedergeschlagen

abbacchiato

abattu

niedergedrückt

gedrückt

abatido

deprimido

bedrückt

deprimit

mélancolique

مكتئب

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈpɹɛst/

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.