Synonyms for depressed
dɪˈprɛstde·pressed

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1. depressedadjective

   Synonyms:
   unhappy, despondent, miserable, melancholy, sad, gloomy

   Antonyms:
   cheerful

2. depressedadjective

   unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent

   Synonyms:
   sad, unhappy, miserable, melancholy, despondent, gloomy

   Antonyms:
   cheerful

3. depressedadjective

   Suffering from clinical depression.

   Synonyms:
   gloomy, miserable, despondent, sad, unhappy, melancholy

   Antonyms:
   cheerful

4. depressedadjective

   Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.

   Synonyms:
   sad, gloomy, unhappy, melancholy, miserable, despondent

   Antonyms:
   cheerful

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1. depressed

   Synonyms:
   base, deep, degraded, dwarfed, inferior, low, mean, short, stunted

   Antonyms:
   elevated, eminent, exalted, high, lofty, noble, proud, steep, tall, towering, uplifted

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1. depressed, down(p)adjective

   lower than previously

   "the market is depressed"; "prices are down"

   Antonyms:
   high, elated, thick

2. depressedadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   low, low-spirited, downhearted, blue, gloomy, down in the mouth, downcast, grim, down(p), dispirited

   Antonyms:
   thick, elated, high

3. gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spiritedadjective

   filled with melancholy and despondency

   "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"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

   Antonyms:
   high, thick, elated

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Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alamort

   in state of unhappiness

   i was alamort after my boyfriend left me.

   Submitted by ritakbhagat014 on April 19, 2020  

2. morose

   morose means sad, grumpy.

   "the girl was depressed because the pool was closed."

   Submitted by JP03 on January 22, 2015  

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1. depressedadjective

   Synonyms:
   dejected, dispirited

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1. List of paraphrases for "depressed":

   depressive, pressed, pisa, bummed, depression, despondent, depressor, disadvantaged, sunken

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How to use depressed in a sentence?

1. Esperanza Huayama:

   I and other women never felt the same again. We're still suffering, i was depressed for months after the tube-tying operation. Some women felt that if their bodies are dry, infertile, then the land is too.

2. Otto Ng:

   It feels a bit depressed and hopeless, but at the same time this is just the beginning, it's not the end.... We still haven't got what we wanted..... It's awakened the Hong Kong people.

3. Christopher Dowrick:

   It's an important, cautionary note that we shouldn't get too carried away with the idea that a computer system can replace doctors and therapists, we do still need the human touch or the human interaction, particularly when people are depressed.

4. Edwin Tsang:

   This year is still a survival game, we've got more enquiries from Chinese importers but the prices are still depressed. Whether that's going to be sustainable or not we still need a couple of months to see.

5. Edward Machtinger:

   Complex trauma is what led many of my patients to get HIV in first place and gets them to remain depressed, stay addicted and have trouble adhering to their meds, medicine and HIV primary care has not considered these health issues to be in their domain and their responsibility. I've heard many clinicians brag about having patients on crack be undetectable in their viral load, as if HIV was going to kill them in the first place. It's not. Crack is going to kill them.