Meaning of depressed In English

• 0 unhappy and without hope:

  • He seemed a bit depressed about his work situation.

  • She became deeply depressed when her husband died.

• 1 not having enough money, jobs, or business activity:

  • In a depressed market, it's difficult to sell goods unless you lower your prices.

  • an economically depressed area

• 2 feeling unhappy and without hope:

  • He’s depressed about losing his job.

• 3 showing a lack of money or business activity:

  • This is an economically depressed area.

• 4 used to describe a situation in which there is less manufacturing or business activity than usual, fewer jobs, etc.:

  • The depressed state of the aerospace market made acquisitions difficult.

  • Banks took action yesterday to try to boost the depressed economy.

• 5 below the amount or level that is usual:

  • Anyone who did buy at the depressed 1987 prices has since been able to reap rich rewards as shares have hit new highs.

  • Sales remained depressed as a result of consumers' reluctance to spend on home improvements.