adjective
1. lower than previously (Freq. 1)
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the market is depressed
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prices are down
• Syn: ↑down
• Similar to: ↑low
2. flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
• Similar to: ↑thin
• Topics: ↑biology, ↑biological science
3. filled with melancholy and despondency
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gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
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gloomy predictions
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a gloomy silence
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took a grim view of the economy
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the darkening mood
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lonely and blue in a strange city
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depressed by the loss of his job
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a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
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downcast after his defeat
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feeling discouraged and downhearted
• Syn:
↑gloomy, ↑grim, ↑blue, ↑dispirited, ↑down, ↑downcast, ↑downhearted, ↑down in the mouth, ↑low, ↑low-spirited
• Similar to: ↑dejected
• Derivationally related forms: ↑lowness (for: ↑low), ↑downheartedness (for: ↑downhearted), ↑dispiritedness (for: ↑dispirited), ↑gloominess (for: ↑gloomy), ↑low-spiritedness (for: ↑low-spirited)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.