dɪˈpɹɛst dɪˈspɪɹɪtəd ˈdaʊnkæst ˈdaʊnkɑːst ˈɡluːmi ˈɡlumi ləʊ loʊ filled with melancholy and despondency gloomy at the thought of what he had to face gloomy predictions a gloomy silence took a grim view of the economy the darkening mood lonely and blue in a strange city depressed by the loss of his job a dispirited and resigned expression on her face downcast after his defeat feeling discouraged and downhearted lower than previously the market is depressed prices are down flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces