单词 | depressed |
释义 | depressedadj. 1. a. Pressed down; put or kept down by pressure or force. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [adjective] > pressing or forcing down > pressed or forced down depressed1595 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. i. sig. S4 Close smothered lay the low depressed fire. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 191 The deeper any body sinks, the greater will be the resistance of the depressed fluid beneath. Categories » b. Heraldry. = debruised adj. at debruise v. 2.In modern dictionaries. 2. Lowered, sunken, or low in position; lower than the general surface: opposed to elevated. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [adjective] hollowa1250 holkedc1420 howea1500 deep-set1562 depressed1658 depressc1660 sunken1683 recessed1757 sunk1766 niche-like1841 retreating1878 sucken1878 1658 T. Willsford Natures Secrets 71 High exalted places, and low depressed dales. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Depressed Gun, any piece of ordnance having its mouth depressed below the horizontal line. 1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius ii. 13 In the centre of the old depressed crateral plain. 3. Having a flattened or hollowed form, such as would be produced by downward pressure; spec. said of convex things which are flattened vertically (opposed to compressed adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > concave hollc1000 hollowa1250 denteda1398 concaved?1541 saddle-backed1545 vaulty1545 concave?a1560 sinuated1578 inboweda1586 inbowing1603 inwinding1610 hollowed1613 crusy1625 simous1634 invex1688 scooped1726 depressed1753 hollowed-out1755 scooping1821 shell1823 welled1848 concaving1871 incaved- 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Depressed Leaf, one which has the mark of an impression on one side. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 266 Chelidones. Bill very short, much depressed. 1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) v. 56 Legumes snail-shaped, depressed-cylindrical. 1874 J. Lubbock Orig. & Metamorphoses Insects i. 17 The larva of Coccinella..is somewhat depressed. 4. figurative. a. Lowered in force, amount, or degree. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > decreased diminutec1475 suppeditate?1526 lessened1565 minished1590 declined1591 reduced1591 bated1600 contracted1603 waneda1616 mute1627 shrivelleda1631 refracted1635 imminutea1681 retrenched1693 lowered1730 diminished1745 subdued1785 dwindled1796 depressed1831 shrunken1873 downrated1958 whittled-down1961 pared-down1974 slim-down1978 slimmed-down1978 1831 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. i. 7 Alternately..under the influence of a raised and a depressed temperature. ΚΠ c1430 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes (1561) i. Venus directe, and contrarious and depressed in Mercurious hous. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] unkind1340 degeneratea1513 bastardlyc1567 regenerate1596 embased1602 sunk1602 depressed1647 abastardized1653 demoralized1800 debased1863 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > immorality > [adjective] > and low debased1593 depressed1647 1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική xx. ⁋7 These Propositions [e.g. ‘the Pope may Dispense with all oaths’] are so deprest. 1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 182 That doth much more argue a depressed soul than an elevated fancy. 5. a. Brought low, oppressed, dejected, downcast, etc.; esp. in low spirits. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] ungladc888 wearyc888 drearyc1000 dreary-moodOE heavyc1000 unmerryOE droopy?c1225 mournc1275 sada1300 languishinga1325 amayedc1330 matec1330 unlightc1330 unblissful1340 lowa1382 mishappyc1390 dullc1393 elengely1393 droopinga1400 heavy-hearteda1400 joylessa1400 sytefula1400 mornifc1400 tristy?c1400 lightless?1406 heartlessa1413 tristc1420 amatec1425 languoring?c1425 mirthlessc1430 heavisome1435 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 comfortlessc1460 amateda1470 chermatc1475 tristfula1492 lustless?1507 dolorous1513 ruthful1513 downcast1521 deject1528 heartsicka1529 lumpisha1535 coolc1540 dowlyc1540 glum1547 discouraged1548 uncheerfulc1555 dumpish1560 out of heart1565 sadded1566 amoped1573 tristive1578 desolated1580 dejected1581 à la mort1586 delightless1589 afflicted1590 gladless1590 groanful1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 sitheful1592 cloudy1594 leaden-hearted1596 disconsolated1598 clum1599 life-weary1599 spiritless1600 dusky1602 chop-fallen1604 flat1604 disanimated1605 jaw-fallen1605 moped1606 chap-fallen1608 decheerful1608 uncheerful1612 lacklustrea1616 pulled1616 dumpya1618 depressed1621 head-hung1632 grum1640 downa1644 dispirited1647 down-at-mouth1649 down in (rarely of) the mouth1649 unhearted1650 sunlessa1658 sadful1658 unlightened1659 chagrin1665 saddened1665 damp1667 moping1674 desponding1688 tristitious1694 unenjoying1697 unraised1697 unheartya1699 unked1698 despondent1699 dismal1705 unjoyful1709 unrejoiced1714 dreara1717 disheartened1720 mumpish1721 unrejoicing1726 downhearted1742 out of spirits1745 chagrineda1754 low-spirited1753 sombrea1767 black-blooded1771 glumpy1780 oorie1787 sombrous1789 morose1791 Novemberish1793 glumpish1800 mopeful1800 die-away1802 blue-devilish1804 blue-devilled1807 malagrugrous1818 down in the hip1826 yonderly1828 sunshineless1831 downfaced1832 broody1851 in a (or the) trough1856 blue-devilly1871 drooped1873 glummy1884 pippy1886 humpy1889 pipped1914 lousy1933 pissed1943 crappy1956 doomy1961 bummed1970 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. vi. ii. 369 A good Orator alone..can comfort such as are afflicted, erect such as are depressed. c1790 J. Willock Voy. diverse parts 28 America..stands ready to receive the persecuted and depressed of every country. 1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage III. vii. 109 Mrs. Lennox..seemed more than usually depressed. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 199 The fall of the Council of Regency, and the depressed state of the nobility in general. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. viii. lxxxi. 288 I thought he looked rather battered and depressed. b. depressed area n. an area of economic depression. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > depressed area depressed area1928 Special Area1934 1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) xx. 276 Already the local rates in the depressed areas have to shoulder too large a part of the burden of relieving unemployment. 1958 Listener 11 Sept. 371/2 There are no depressed areas now. c. depressed class(es), in India, persons of the lowest castes, ‘untouchables’. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > outcast or untouchable > [noun] depressed class(es)1931 Scheduled Caste1935 1931 Economist 17 Oct. 696/1 The other Minorities, notably the Depressed Classes and the Anglo-Indians, have still got to be fitted into the scheme. 1957 Encycl. Brit. X. 13/2 He [sc. Gandhi] undertook several more fasts in the interests of communal tolerance and the rights of the depressed classes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1430 |
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