Meaning of DEPRESSED
| Pronunciation: | | di'prest
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- [adj] having the central portion lower than the margin; "a depressed pustule"
- [adj] 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"
- [adj] lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down"
- [adj] (biology) flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
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| | Synonyms: | | blue, concave, dejected, dispirited, down in the mouth, down(p), downcast, downhearted, indented, low, low-spirited, thin |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*pressed"\, a.
1. Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited;
sad; humbled.
2. (Bot.)
(a) Concave on the upper side; -- said of a leaf whose
disk is lower than the border.
(b) Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close
to the ground.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the
horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of
animals, or of parts of the bodies.
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| | Definition: | | Flattened as if pressed down from the top or end. |
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