Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

depressed

/dɪˈpɹɛst/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: de-pressed
IPA: /dɪˈpɹɛst/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of depress

adj

Unhappy; despondent.

adj

Suffering from clinical depression.

adj

Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.

adj

Reduced to a lower degree or form.

Example Sentences

"The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them."
"Born in 1980 to hard-working impoverished parents in Newport News, Virginia, Michael Vick grew up in the Ridley public housing project during the Reagan years when funding for such projects was being largely withdrawn. The eastern part of Newport News where Vick grew up became so depressed that it was called 'Bad Newz'."
"The cubic function x³ + cx + d = 0, where one of the terms has a coefficient of zero, is a depressed cubic."

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dɪˈpɹɛst/
British English: /dɪˈpɹɛst/

Inflected Forms

more depressed (comparative) most depressed (superlative)

Derived Forms

anxiodepressed depressedly depressedness duppie immunodepressed nondepressed pseudodepressed subdepressed undepressed

Phrases

clinically depressed

Synonyms

miserable sorrowful atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen

Antonyms

cheerful

Rhymes With

best west rest test request suggest guest arrest chest expressed dressed breast

Questions

How do you pronounce depressed?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈpɹɛst/.
What does depressed mean?: simple past and past participle of depress
Where does depressed come from?: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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