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# depressed

adjective (depressed, more depressed); past form of verb depress (depress, depresses, depressed, depressing)

«depressed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Very sad and without hope, often for a long time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#m1)
2. (health) Having the illness depression, which needs help from a doctor or counsellor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#m2)
3. (of a place or economy) Poor, with few jobs or little business. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#m3)
4. Pushed down (a depressed button). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#m4)
5. Lower than the area around it (a depressed area of ground). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#m5)

### In the lessons

In health and feelings: feeling depressed is serious; talk to a trusted adult. In everyday talk, people say «I'm so depressed» about small things, but real depression is an illness. In geography: a depressed town with closed factories. In science: press or depress a button or lever.

### Examples

- She felt depressed after her dog died. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#x1)
- If you feel depressed for a long time, tell someone you trust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#x2)
- Depression is an illness that can be treated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#x3)
- The town was depressed after the mine closed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#x4)
- Depress the button to start the machine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#x5)
- Rain on holiday is depressing! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#x6)
- But after she had been some time with Mother Holle she grew sad and depressed, and at first she hardly knew herself what was the matter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#x7)

### Note

Depressed = how a person feels; depressing = what makes you feel that way (a depressing film). Noun: depression (also a low-pressure weather system). Sadness passes; depression lasts and needs help.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «depressed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«depressed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/depressed.html) on Mova free.