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depressed

adjective

filled with melancholy and despondency

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Word Facts

Word length
9
Starts with
D
Ends with
D
Contains
EP
Scrabble score
13
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

dɪˈpɹɛst

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. filled with melancholy and despondency

    “gloomy at the thought of what he had to face”

adjective

  1. lower than previously

    “the market is depressed”

adjective

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

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Example Sentences

gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
gloomy predictions
a gloomy silence
took a grim view of the economy
the darkening mood
the market is depressed
prices are down

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