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1depressed — de‧pressed [dɪˈprest] adjective ECONOMICS 1. an economy or industry that is depressed does not have enough manufacturing or business activity: • The Swiss drug company was a major winner in an otherwise depressed sector as its yearly results… …
2Depressed Mode — Origin Finland Genres Death/doom, funeral doom Years active 2005–present Labels Firebox Records Assoc …
3Depressed river mussel — Left valve of Pseudanodonta complanata showing close up of rugae on the umbo Conservation status …
4depressed fracture — n a fracture esp. of the skull in which the fragment is depressed below the normal surface * * * depressed skull fracture a fracture of the skull in which a fragment is depressed …
5depressed — [adj1] discouraged bad, bleeding*, blue*, bummed out*, cast down, crestfallen, crummy*, dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dispirited, down, down and out*, downcast, downhearted, down in the dumps*, down in the mouth*, dragged*, fed… …
6depressed area — ➔ area …
7depressed — depressed; un·depressed; …
8depressed — ► ADJECTIVE 1) severely despondent and dejected. 2) suffering the damaging effects of economic recession: depressed rural areas …
9depressed — [dē prest′, diprest′] adj. 1. pressed down 2. lowered in position, intensity, amount, or degree 3. flattened or hollowed, as if pressed down 4. gloomy; dejected; sad 5. suffering from psychological depression 6. characterized by widespread… …
10Depressed — De*pressed , a. 1. Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled. [1913 Webster] 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… …
