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# depressed

«depressed» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very sad and without hope, often for a long time** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very sad and without hope, often for a long time. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#m3)

4) Pushed down (a depressed button). [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#m5)

### sense 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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#x2)
- Depression is an illness that can be treated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#x3)
- The town was depressed after the mine closed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#x4)
- Depress the button to start the machine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/#x5)
- Rain on holiday is depressing! [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### In the corpora

- ["Going through a rough patch" can mean being depressed or in a mental health crisis, or simply having a hard time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/4-illness-disability-and-babies/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «depressed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depressed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.