Antonyms for depressed
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dih-prest |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈprɛst |
Definition of depressed
Origin :- early 14c., "put down by force," from Old French depresser, from Late Latin depressare, frequentative of Latin deprimere "press down," from de- "down" (see de-) + premere "to press" (see press (v.1)).
- Meaning "push down physically" is from early 15c.; that of "deject, make gloomy" is from 1620s; economic sense of "lower in value" is from 1878. Related: Depressed; depressing.
- adj discouraged
- adj concave, pushed down
- adj disadvantaged
- Now that everything had been done, that the last minute of suspense was on, she was depressed.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Dick observed that the colonel was depressed and he knew the reason.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- The little baby also languished, sharing its mother's depressed condition.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
- Over and above that, he was depressed and made uneasy by the late occurrence at his mother's.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- I do not know what is the matter with me, but I am in a very nervous state and most depressed.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- But still, he felt a vague sense of alarm, and was depressed and uneasy.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- It was not because Wentworth had deserted him that Kenyon felt so uncomfortable and depressed.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- The market for watches, which had been depressed, was at this time reviving a little.
- Extract from : « The Auburndale Watch Company » by Edwin A. Battison
- I went home worried and depressed and shut myself up in my workroom.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- He would not have been at the exempt, but the sight of the other depressed him.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
Synonyms for depressed
- bad
- bleeding
- blue
- bummed out
- cast-down
- cheapened
- crestfallen
- crummy
- dejected
- depreciated
- deprived
- despondent
- destitute
- destroyed
- devalued
- disconsolate
- dispirited
- distressed
- down
- down and out
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- fed up
- ghetto
- ghost
- glum
- grim
- hollow
- hurting
- impaired
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- indented
- let down
- low
- low-down
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- moody
- morose
- needy
- on a downer
- pessimistic
- poor
- poverty-stricken
- recessed
- ripped
- run-down
- sad
- set back
- shanty
- skid row
- sob story
- spiritless
- sunken
- taken down
- torn up
- underprivileged
- unhappy
- weakened
- weeping
- woebegone
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