DEPRESSED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does depressed mean? 

• DEPRESSED (adjective)
  The adjective DEPRESSED has 3 senses:

1. lower than previously

2. flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces

3. filled with melancholy and despondency

  Familiarity information: DEPRESSED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPRESSED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lower than previously

Synonyms:

depressed; down

Context example:

prices are down

Similar:

low (less than normal in degree or intensity or amount)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces

Similar:

thin (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Filled with melancholy and despondency

Synonyms:

blue; depressed; dispirited; down; down in the mouth; downcast; downhearted; gloomy; grim; low; low-spirited

Context example:

feeling discouraged and downhearted

Similar:

dejected (affected or marked by low spirits)

 Context examples 

It has a flat, polypoid or slightly depressed growth pattern.

(Gastric Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

He was looking worried and depressed, with tired eyes and a lined forehead.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The wounds of the face was superficial; the real injury was a depressed fracture of the skull, extending right up through the motor area.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I was very much depressed in spirits; very solitary; and felt an uneasiness in Ham's not being there, disproportionate to the occasion.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

This is followed by a profound state of depressed consciousness (post-ictal state) which gradually improves over minutes to hours.

(Grand Mal Epilepsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

And yet for all his watchfulness he was never depressed.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It’s thought that they are depressed because of their chronic illnesses.

(Anti-inflammatory Drugs Also Fight Depression, Voanews)

Blood lead concentrations measured in more than 1,300 preschool children in China were associated with increased risk of behavioral and emotional problems, such as being anxious, depressed, or aggressive.

(Lead in kids’ blood linked with behavioral and emotional problems, NIH)

Researchers took blood samples from 11 pairs of identical twins with different sleep patterns and discovered that the twin with shorter sleep duration had a depressed immune system, compared with his or her sibling.

(Chronic Sleep Deprivation Suppresses Immune System, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The results also suggest that babies of depressed mothers may show less evidence of learning because of a weakened neural connection between mother and infant.

(Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy, University of Cambridge)