depressed
In a slump
Depressed describes a state of low spirits or diminished vitality.
A depressed person feels persistently sad, hopeless, or empty—the clinical term is depression.
The word extends to economies and markets that have declined: a depressed housing market, depressed wages.
A depressed surface or button has been pushed down.
She's been depressed since losing her job.
Emotionally low
- unhappyExperiencing sorrow or displeasure
- downcastSad or despondent
- dejectedLow in spirits
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
melancholy · gloomy · blue · low · miserable · hopeless · dispirited · demoralized
Mental health medicine
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
- SSRIsSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
serotonin · neurotransmitters · mental health · disorder · bipolar · dysthymia · anhedonia · treatment
Deprived by death
- mourningPeriod following loss
- grievingFeeling sorrow after loss
- brokenheartedOverwhelmed with grief
- lossBeing without something
inconsolable · mournful · bereft · sorrowful · lamenting · bereavement · widowed · funeral
Set back into something
- indentedSet back from edge
- concaveCurving inward, not outward
- hollowedMade empty within
- loweredMoved downward or reduced
sunk · pressed down · flattened · compressed · dented · caved in · shallow · excavated
Drained of energy
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- listlessLacking energy or enthusiasm
- sluggishSlow and inactive
- wearyDeeply tired, spent
drained · tired · apathetic · unmotivated · inactive · torpid · languishing · enervated
Prolonged economic decline
- downturnEconomic decline period
- slumpExtended period of decline
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
poverty · declining · struggling · austerity · hardship · market crash · foreclosure · bankruptcy
Feeling guilt for wrongdoing
- ashamedFeeling guilt and disgrace
- regretfulFeeling sorrow over actions
- worthlessLacking any value
- self-loathingIntense disgust toward oneself
inadequate · failure · burden · contrite · conscience-stricken · shameful · undeserving
sad
Emotionally low
despondent · melancholy · gloomy · blue · low · miserable · hopeless · dispirited · demoralized · crestfallen
psychiatry
Mental health medicine
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
SSRIs · serotonin · neurotransmitters · mental health · disorder · bipolar · dysthymia · anhedonia · treatment · medication
bereaved
Deprived by death
- mourningPeriod following loss
- grievingFeeling sorrow after loss
- brokenheartedOverwhelmed with grief
loss · inconsolable · mournful · bereft · sorrowful · lamenting · bereavement · widowed · funeral · death
recessed
Set back into something
lowered · sunk · pressed down · flattened · compressed · dented · caved in · shallow · excavated
fatigued
Drained of energy
weary · drained · tired · apathetic · unmotivated · inactive · torpid · languishing · enervated · lethargic
recession
Prolonged economic decline
unemployment · poverty · declining · struggling · austerity · hardship · market crash · foreclosure · bankruptcy · inflation
remorseful
Feeling guilt for wrongdoing
self-loathing · inadequate · failure · burden · contrite · conscience-stricken · shameful · undeserving
- moodshappy, sad, angry, anxious, excited
- behavior statesalert, anxious, calm, confused, drowsy
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
- sombergloomy, bleak, dreary, dismal, melancholy
- dejectiondejected, despondent, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited
depressedelated
Intensely, buoyantly pleased
happy · joyful · euphoric · cheerful · exhilarated
depressedbooming
Experiencing rapid growth
thriving · flourishing · prosperous · robust · strong
depressedraised
Lifted higher up
elevated · convex · protruding · bulging · protuberant
- Great Depression1930s global economic crisis
- tongue depressorFlat stick for viewing throat
- manic depressionAlternating extreme mood states
- clinical depressionPsychiatric condition of prolonged despair
- freezing point depressionSolute lowers solidification temperature
- economic depressionSustained economic contraction
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