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depressed

 
Adjective depressed has 4 senses
  1. depressed, down - lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down"
    Antonym: high (indirect, via low)
  2. depressed - flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
    Antonym:
    thick (indirect, via thin)
  3. blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited - low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
    Antonym: elated (indirect, via dejected)
  4. depressed, indented - having the central portion lower than the margin; "a depressed pustule"
    Antonyms: convex, bulging (indirect, via concave)
Verb depress has 5 senses
  1. depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
    --1 is one way to discourage
    Antonyms: elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
    Derived form: noun depressant1
    Sample sentence:
    The bad news will depress him
  2. depress - lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
    --2 is one way to
    lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  3. lower, depress - cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
    --3 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Derived form: noun depressor1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. press down, depress - press down; "Depress the space key"
    --4 is one way to move, displace
    Derived forms: noun depression10, noun depressor3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  5. depress - lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"
    --5 is one way to
    weaken
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
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