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Depressed Dɪˈprest Jobs Attempt Bring Suicidal Clinically Adjective

Word depressed
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / dɪˈprest / NAmE / dɪˈprest /
Example
  • she felt very depressed about the future.
  • an attempt to bring jobs to depressed areas
  • depressed prices
  • at the time he was suicidal and clinically depressed.
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depressed

(adjective)BrE / dɪˈprest / NAmE / dɪˈprest /
  1. very sad and without hope
    • She felt very depressed about the future.
  2. suffering from the medical condition of depression
  3. without enough economic activity or jobs for people
    • an attempt to bring jobs to depressed areas
  4. having a lower amount or level than usual
    • depressed prices

    Extra Examples

    • At the time he was suicidal and clinically depressed.
    • I was depressed by our lack of progress.
    • It makes me depressed just looking at him.
    • She became severely depressed after her mother’s death.
    • She’s terribly depressed about losing her job.
    • The shipping trade was badly depressed.
    • There is medical evidence to show that he is suicidal and clinically depressed.
    • You mustn’t let yourself get depressed
    • He was really depressed at the thought of going into the office.
    • They have made little attempt to bring jobs to economically depressed areas.
    • We lapsed into depressed silence.
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