depressed
445
3.5
- adjective
- /dɪˈprɛst/
- She felt depressed after losing her job and struggled to find motivation.
- feel depressed
- depressed mood
- become depressed
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Watch on YouTubeSpeak the truth when you feel depressed, don't drink at lunchtime.
- Speak the truth when you feel depressed, don't drink at lunchtime.
- Not anything like depressed or sad, just angry.
- Because going in and I've been depressed, we've all been depressed.
- And so I was depressed, OK, I was depressed.
- But I was never like depressed for long periods of time.
- I'm so OCD, I'm depressed, I'm a handful.
- And I was at Ground Zero, depressed, sad.
- I think she's saying she's so depressed she might hurt herself.
- I, I wouldn't assume, oh, you're depressed, take this medicine.
- I just seems like people are depressed so much these days, you know?
- I've never been depressed since that time.
- When someone says, you know, I'm, I'm depressed, what exactly do they mean by that?
- I was, I'm sure, depressed and anxious.
- And he said if you're depressed, you're living in the past.
- And then when you're feeling copeless or or depressed, you find these words.
- And I was just so depressed I couldn't leave my house.
- And if you identify as being anxious or depressed, that's where you find yourself.
Examples
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But whenever I started feeling too depressed, I would remind myself what we had accomplished.
Fiction book (1991) -
Often without really knowing why, we felt guilty and ashamed, depressed and cynical.
Academic text (1999) -
And so I was depressed, OK, I was depressed.
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Do you ever get depressed on Christmas?
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After the wedding, I felt so depressed I had ice cream for dinner.
Fiction book (1990) -
A low score for mental health means that a person feels nervous and depressed all the time.
Academic text (2008) -
"People were more depressed than ever before, and their needs were even greater."
Academic text (2011) -
Suddenly he feels depressed, more depressed than he has ever felt in his life, grief-stricken.
Fiction book (1990) -
She says she is depressed.
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Finally, the interviewees who were depressed and gave up were constantly disappointed with the university environment.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling unhappy or upset because of something
412
1.0
Feeling sad or not pleased about something
224
6.7
Feeling sad or unhappy
102
2.1
Feeling sad or unhappy
95
1.0
Feeling sad or without energy
32
5.9
Feeling or showing deep sadness
29
2.5
Feeling sad and without much hope
22
4.1
Looking or feeling sad and quiet
16
7.7
Feeling very sad and without hope about the future
14
3.6
Feeling very sad because of loss or disappointment
12
6.7
Feeling very unhappy and alone after a loss
10
4.5
Feeling very sad and not hopeful
9
4.6
Feeling very hopeless and sad
7
5.4
Feeling sad and without hope
6
5.8
Feeling sad and low
4
4.4
Feeling sad and not very hopeful
4
7.2
Feeling deep, quiet sadness
3
4.7
Feeling sad and without much hope
3
8.2
Very sad and not able to be comforted
2
4.1
Feeling sad and without much hope
1
7.8
Feeling sad or unhappy
1
5.1
Feeling sad and without much energy
1
3.9
Feeling sad and without energy
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
3
7.9
A break in the skull where a piece of bone pushes inward toward the brain
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
A helpful way to remember depressed is to see it as de- 'down' plus press 'to push', meaning 'pushed down'. That's why we say someone is depressed when their mood feels pushed down and they are very sad.