verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
economically depressed (= with not enough business activity, jobs etc )
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Economically depressed areas in the northeast will receive extra EU funding.
weak/ailing/depressed
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The economy is weak and consumer confidence is low.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
clinically
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Not all people who are sad are clinically depressed .
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Researchers speculate that this area becomes overloaded and shuts down eventually, leaving the woman numb and clinically depressed .
deeply
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The demonology that clinches the sale is deeply depressing .
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But, nobody knew how deeply depressed I was myself.
further
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Thus a spiral has developed where falling prices deter purchasers, which further depresses prices.
more
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What is more depressing is the way this escape from the facts is beginning to creep into Western discourse on Kosovo.
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Tom imagined the worst some-times, especially at dusk when he felt more depressed than at any other time of day.
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BAshley, unlike her brother, is more depressed than hostile.
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And so they wait for the ax to fall, wondering why they get more depressed and sick.
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He was more depressed by this failure than he admitted to himself.
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As the years went by and the excruciating physical pain continued, the woman became understandably more and more depressed and anxious.
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I had become more and more depressed and more and more certain that I had no one to blame but myself.
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As we pass one after another of these kinds of homes I find myself getting more and more depressed .
most
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I think this was the most depressing place for learning that I have seen anywhere.
really
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It would really depress me if I did.
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I find it really depressing that a city as diverse as New York has succumbed to this kind of corporate takeover.
severely
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At worst, we can become anxious, insecure and severely depressed .
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A 47-year-old married man with two teen-age children became severely depressed after losing his job as an advertising executive.
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Also, an overdose of barbiturates can severely depress the central nervous system and lead to death.
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What she is, though I do not know it at the time, is severely depressed .
so
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Cheap timber from rainforests allowed it to undercut competitors, and so depress the global paper market.
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It was all so sad, so depressing , so futile.
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He did not find the voyage itself so difficult or uncomfortable, so why was it that he felt so depressed ?
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Carol Buckley became so depressed that she attempted suicide and spent 1 years in and out of psychiatric hospitals.
too
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Jack had been meaning to write for some time but had kept putting it off because it was too depressing .
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Wages are too depressed in Tucson, this businessperson said, adding the initiative seems like a great idea.
very
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We were committed, perhaps too committed - and then very depressed by the response.
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With this in mind, let me tell you: Charles Restaurant is one very depressing place.
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I am very depressed and can not stop crying.
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Then the man disappoints her, and she is very depressed .
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If all musicians and composers measured themselves against Mozart, they would be very depressed people.
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After my second or third game, I was very depressed , thinking so much had gone wrong.
■ NOUN
market
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Cheap timber from rainforests allowed it to undercut competitors, and so depress the global paper market .
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But the depressed market has caused the company to build up huge debts.
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One house in five sold in Britain now is repossessed, and that depresses the house price market .
price
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Normally rising interest rates will depress the price of gilts by making their fixed interest payments less attractive to investors.
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That could depress prices over the next year, some analysts say.
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This of course, simply depresses world prices further, making matters worse for them.
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But that could cause another problem: If enough farmers pile into grain, it might cause an oversupply and depress prices .
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Thus a spiral has developed where falling prices deter purchasers, which further depresses prices.
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But new steel mills are starting up, which some analysts expect will boost supply and depress prices over the next year.
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The sale of securities depresses their price and so raises interest rates.
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That will depress the price of the collateral and other assets sitting on balance sheets.
system
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The fact is, however, that alcohol depresses the nervous system , including the part of the brain which inhibits behaviour.
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Also, an overdose of barbiturates can severely depress the central nervous system and lead to death.
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Alcohol depresses the nervous system , and taken in excess impairs intellectual functioning.
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People with depressed immune systems also tend to experience major problems with infections caused by ordinary fungi.
woman
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There is some, rather depressing , evidence that women are as thrilled by male hardness as ever they were.
■ VERB
become
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Older people can quickly become dispirited and depressed by chronic illness.
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A 47-year-old married man with two teen-age children became severely depressed after losing his job as an advertising executive.
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I had become more and more depressed and more and more certain that I had no one to blame but myself.
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Eleanor was beaten repeatedly by her husband and became depressed as a result.
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When Juliette becomes depressed and finally suicidal, Alex and Marie put aside their jealousies to aid the girl.
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Carol Buckley became so depressed that she attempted suicide and spent 1 years in and out of psychiatric hospitals.
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Of course, a woman whose family has been everything to her may become depressed when the children grow up and away.
feel
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Today the Tay was the colour of infinity and made me feel suddenly depressed .
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Yet, as I rested my weary body into my bath that night and closed my eyes, I felt depressed .
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When my daughter seemed to lose interest in breastfeeding and demanded more solid food, I spent several days feeling depressed .
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There were plenty of excuses I could have used to feel depressed about my future.
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If it is raining or snowing, we feel displeased, and start the day feeling moody and depressed .
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No, the boy said, he felt depressed .
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She was always there for me when I felt discouraged or depressed .
get
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The next morning, we got a particularly depressing sample of how poorly our intelligence-gathering system worked.
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And so you stay stuck, spinning your wheels, and getting angry or depressed .
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In addition to being angry about this, I could get depressed .
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Some can undergo terrible problems and not get depressed , while others are depressed for no apparent reason.
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And so they wait for the ax to fall, wondering why they get more depressed and sick.
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As we pass one after another of these kinds of homes I find myself getting more and more depressed .
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He gets depressed when he reads computer ads describing models that are two-thirds again as fast as his but cost one-third less.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Depress the brake slowly.
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Falling demand for wheat has depressed its market price.
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It depressed me to think that five years ago I was earning more than I do now.
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Listening to the news can really depress you, if you let it.
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Shaun decided to leave. The way the others were behaving was beginning to depress him.
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That movie depressed me for hours.
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The governor thinks higher taxes will depress the state's economy.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Sometimes she stayed for weeks, but it depressed her terribly.
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The aim in doing this is not to depress yourself but to be open to the possibility of self-improvement.