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depressed definition

de·pressed (dē prest′, di-)

adjective

  1. pressed down
  2. lowered in position, intensity, amount, or degree
  3. flattened or hollowed, as if pressed down
  4. gloomy; dejected; sad
  5. suffering from psychological depression
  6. characterized by widespread unemployment, poverty, lack of opportunity, etc.; impoverished a depressed area
  7. Bot. flattened, as if from downward pressure
  8. Zool. having the horizontal diameter longer than the vertical; broad

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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