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. Cole Lyle:

   It’s a very powerful backstop when somebody’s feeling that lonely or depressed.

2. Wendy Jackson:

   There have been awful tragic stories of people who have given up hope, i did a funeral for a gentleman here a few months ago who just became so depressed and became physically ill and he just gave up. He had to sell all his cattle. His wife is now still struggling on their place to keep it going.

3. Robin Foroutan:

   I don’t want to say that if somebody is depressed it’s because of a vitamin deficiency.

4. The Jamaican superstar:

   I called him and he asked me what I thought and I said I thought it was okay, maybe not a great bend, my coach said 'No, that was one of the worst races you've ever run. The bend was awful'... and he just went on until I was depressed.

5. Polk County:

   She said he had PTSD. I've seen him depressed. I've never seen him violent, she said, but a week ago today, meaning last Sunday, he did security at a church in Orlando. And he came home and he said, you know, God spoke to him and now he can talk directly to God. And she said I've never seen that kind of behavior.