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depressed

/dɪˈpɹɛst/ adjective B1
  1. Unhappy; despondent.
  2. Suffering from clinical depression.
  3. Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.
  4. Reduced to a lower degree or form. · The cubic function x³ + cx + d = 0, where one of the terms has a coefficient of zero, is a depressed cubic.
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As for myself, I was silent, for the dull weather and the melancholy business upon which we were engaged, depressed my spirits.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 25 · B2
But I feel so depressed that perhaps it will come easy to me now.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 127 · C1
The lady questioned me eagerly about her son, but the old man seemed morose and depressed.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 8 · B2
And yet for all his watchfulness he was never depressed.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 119 · B2

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