Depressed
[dɪ'prest] or [dɪ'prɛst]
Definition
(adj.) lower than previously; 'the market is depressed'; 'prices are down' .
(adj.) flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Depress
(a.) Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.
(a.) Concave on the upper side; -- said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border.
(a.) Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground.
(a.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies.
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Examples
- I am not depressed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He remains in close order, clouded and depressed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And is no allowance to be made for inadvertence, or for spirits depressed by recent disappointment? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Much depressed, and, to me, unaccountably so, I slowly descended to the street. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Sergeant Cuff is depressed in his spirits; but Sergeant Cuff is a perfect gentleman. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She is depressed, but this confinement perhaps adds to her depression. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We sat in silence for some minutes, Holmes more depressed and shaken than I had ever seen him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- By compressing or exhausting air through this tube it is obvious that the lever, N, will be raised or depressed, and the clockwork set going accordingly. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The spot on this occasion is the darkened brow of Mr. George; he is unusually thoughtful and depressed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There were other times when, being equally depressed, he would be seen to shake his head, and give up hope. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She never had been so depressed. Jane Austen. Emma.
- These omissions oppressed and depressed her considerably; still, on the whole, we got on very well. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- On the other hand, the Confederates were more than correspondingly depressed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He might be ever so depressed or sulky, and she did not mark his demeanour, or only treated it with a sneer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Methinks I am animated and alert, instead of being depressed and apprehensive? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Over and above that, he was depressed and made uneasy by the late occurrence at his mother's. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- No,replied Emmaquite confirmed by the depressed manner in which he still spokeI should like to take another turn. Jane Austen. Emma.
- For, as the song says--subject to your correction, sir-- “When the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispelled if Venus appears. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You are a little depressed, too, said madame, whose quick eyes had never been so intent on the accounts, but they had had a ray or two for him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The rain depressed me; my old feelings recurred, and I was miserable. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- A week ago that sentence would have filled her with delight, now it depressed her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I wished I had kept my candle burning: the night was drearily dark; my spirits were depressed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The heels of the workman, alternately raised, form alternately acting valves, and the skin cover, when depressed, acts as a bellows. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- My friend did not appear to be depressed by his failure, but shrugged his shoulders in half-humorous resignation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was very much depressed in spirits; very solitary; and felt an uneasiness in Ham's not being there, disproportionate to the occasion. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- No; you might sadden and trouble me sometimes; but then mine was a soon-depressed, an easily-deranged temperament--it fell if a cloud crossed the sun. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He was looking worried and depressed, with tired eyes and a lined forehead. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In one instant, the mottled-faced gentleman depressed his hand again, and every glass was set down empty. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He pricked up his ears at the word; he started erect at the gesture, and came, with head lovingly depressed, to receive the expected caress. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Fred made no answer: he was too utterly depressed. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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