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depressed
adjective as in sad
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desolate, despondent, discouraged, miserable, morose, not happy, pessimistic, sad, unhappy
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blue, dejected, destroyed, dispirited, down, dragged, forlorn, gloomy, heavy-hearted, hurting, low, ripped, tearful, teary, upset, weeping
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bummed out, cast down, crestfallen, crummy, disconsolate, dismal, down and out, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, glum, grim, in a blue funk, in pain, in the dumps, in the pits, in the toilet, let down, low-down, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholic, melancholy, moody, on a downer, spiritless, taken down, torn-up, woebegone
adjective as in concave, pushed down
adjective as in poverty-stricken
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destitute, devalued, disadvantaged, distressed, needy, poor, poverty-stricken, underprivileged
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Example Sentences
On the other side, Democrats were becoming increasingly depressed about their own prospects.
“When she found out the idol was stolen, she felt more depressed than when her husband passed away.”
“I was depressed for a long time after that.”
In contrast, when you think you don’t have enough gas in the tank, as Gross puts it, stress morphs into a threat, leaving you “feeling overwhelmed, depressed, anxious, perhaps leading to withdrawal and isolation.”
The Emmy-nominated actor, now back in London and dating British aristocrat Peregrine Pearson, also shared that motherhood had helped her shed her “depressed and anxious” side.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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