depressed

Feeling very sad and without much hope.

• I feel depressed today.
• He was depressed about losing his job.
• The bad weather left us all feeling depressed.

How to use it: depressed about something (She felt depressed about her exam results.)

Similar words: sad, down, dejected

Opposites: happy, cheerful

Common phrases: feel depressed, depressed about something, a little depressed

Having a mental health condition that causes lasting sadness and loss of interest in life.

• He was diagnosed as clinically depressed.
• She sought treatment after becoming severely depressed.
• People who are depressed may find everyday tasks difficult.

Common phrases: clinically depressed, severely depressed, become depressed

Having little business activity, few jobs, or low prices.

• The local economy is depressed.
• House prices remained depressed throughout the year.
• The factory closed in an already depressed region.

Similar words: weak, sluggish

Opposites: booming

Common phrases: depressed economy, depressed market, depressed prices

Lower than the surrounding surface, or pushed down from its usual position.

• Water collected in the depressed area.
• Keep the pedal depressed while changing gear.
• The stone has a slightly depressed center.

Similar words: sunken, lowered, recessed

Opposites: raised

Common phrases: depressed area, depressed surface, depressed pedal

Changed to a simpler mathematical form by removing a particular term.

• This is a depressed cubic equation.
• The substitution gives us a depressed quartic.
• A depressed cubic has no squared term.

Common phrases: depressed cubic, depressed equation, depressed quartic