depressed Syllabification: (de·pressed)Pronunciation: /diˈprest/Translate depressed | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of depressed adjective (of a person) in a state of general unhappiness or despondency. (of a person) suffering from clinical depression. (of a place or economic activity) suffering the damaging effects of a lack of demand or employment:depressed urban areas (of an object or part of an object) in a physically lower position, having been pushed or forced down:a depressed fracture of the skulldepressed in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of depressed in the British & World English dictionary