1
: low in spirits : sad
especially
: affected by psychological depression
2
a
: vertically flattened
a depressed cactus
b
: having the central part lower than the margin
c
: lying flat or prostrate
d
: dorsoventrally flattened
3
: suffering from economic depression
especially
: underprivileged
4
: being below the standard
Examples of depressed in a Sentence
The rainy weather had her feeling lonely and depressed.
He was depressed about having to return to school.
The new drug is being tested on a group of severely depressed patients.
living in a depressed area
The patient has a somewhat depressed appetite.
Prices have remained at a depressed level.
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Swelling in the hands and feet, getting sick frequently, feeling depressed, or having wounds that are slow to heal.
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Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
The photographer asked me to act sad and depressed, to stop smiling.
—Gaylyn Henderson, Mph, Health, 17 Mar. 2025
Someone who is depressed can often wake up feeling fatigued, and the sleep inertia that normally lasts around 20 minutes for someone who is not depressed can instead last several hours, Harvey said.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Pike plays the depressed paramedic Maddie, while Rhys plays her problem-solving husband Frank, a middle-aged Welsh couple whose teenage daughter Alice (voiced by Megan McDonnell) has run away after a massive row.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Mar. 2025
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Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
The photographer asked me to act sad and depressed, to stop smiling.
—Gaylyn Henderson, Mph, Health, 17 Mar. 2025
Someone who is depressed can often wake up feeling fatigued, and the sleep inertia that normally lasts around 20 minutes for someone who is not depressed can instead last several hours, Harvey said.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Pike plays the depressed paramedic Maddie, while Rhys plays her problem-solving husband Frank, a middle-aged Welsh couple whose teenage daughter Alice (voiced by Megan McDonnell) has run away after a massive row.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Depressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depressed. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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depressed
adjective
de·pressed
di-ˈprest 
1
: low in spirits
2
a
: having the central part lower than the margin
a depressed pustule
b
: dorsoventrally flattened
the tapeworm is a depressed animal—R. A. Wardle & J. A. McLeod
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