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单词 depressed
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depressedadj.

Brit. /dᵻˈprɛst/, U.S. /dəˈprɛst/, /diˈprɛst/
Forms: Also 1600s–1800s deprest.
Etymology: < depress v. + -ed suffix1. N.E.D. (1895) gives the pronunciation as (dĭpre·st, poet. dĭpre·sėd) /dɪˈprɛst/, poet./dɪˈprɛsɪd/.
1.
a. Pressed down; put or kept down by pressure or force.
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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.
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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.
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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.).
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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.
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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.
b. Astrology. Opposed to exalted. Obsolete.
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c1430 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes (1561) i. Venus directe, and contrarious and depressed in Mercurious hous.
c. Low in moral quality, debased. Obsolete.
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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.
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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.
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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’.
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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).
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