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de·pressed  audio  (d-prst) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Low in spirits; dejected.
  2. Suffering from psychological depression.
  3. Sunk below the surrounding region: the depressed center of a crater.
  4. Lower in amount, degree, or position: Oil reserves were at depressed levels because of increasing industrial demands.
    1. Sluggish in growth or activity: a depressed sector of the economy.
    2. Suffering from social and economic hardship: a depressed region.
  6. Botany Flattened downward, as if pressed from above.
  7. Zoology Flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces.


SYNONYMS:
depressed, blue, dejected, dispirited, downcast, downhearted

These adjectives mean affected or marked by low spirits: depressed by the loss of his job; lonely and blue in a strange city; is dejected but trying to look cheerful; a dispirited and resigned expression on her face; looked downcast after his defeat; a downhearted patient who welcomed visitors.


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