"depressed" meaning in English

See depressed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dəˈprɛst/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-depressed.wav [US] Forms: depressed [positive], more depressed [comparative], most depressed [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If someone is depressed, they have the condition called depression--they are very sad and cannot imagine being happy in the future.
    Sense id: simple-depressed-en-adj-5KHFyDVk
  2. If someone is depressed, they are very sad and unhappy.
    Sense id: simple-depressed-en-adj-pyDZ~Zvn
  3. If the economy is depressed, it is doing badly.
    Sense id: simple-depressed-en-adj-j8F2xDfU
  4. If something that has many levels--like a surface, the ground, or something that moves up and down--is depressed, it is low.
    Sense id: simple-depressed-en-adj-MQQ5kYyQ

Verb

IPA: /dəˈprɛst/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-depressed.wav [US] Forms: depress [canonical], depresses [third-person, singular], depressed [past], depressed [past, participle], depressing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|depress|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The past tense and past participle of depress.
    Sense id: simple-depressed-en-verb-Teeo4g1-
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