Depressed vs Abject - What's the difference?
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(depress)
unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent
Suffering from clinical depression.
Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.
(obsolete) Rejected; cast aside.
Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position.
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Cast down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; lacking courage; offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit.
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Showing utter hopelessness; helplessness; showing resignation; wretched.
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(obsolete) To cast off or out; to reject.
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(obsolete) To cast down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
As verbs the difference between depressed and abject
is that depressed is past tense of depress while abject is to cast off or out; to reject.As adjectives the difference between depressed and abject
is that depressed is unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent while abject is rejected; cast aside.As a noun abject is
a person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast.depressed
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* depressedly * depressednessSynonyms
* despondent * gloomy * melancholy * miserable * sad * unhappy * emo (qualifier)Antonyms
* cheerfulabject
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Etymology 1
* From (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)Usage notes
* Nouns to which "abject" is often applied: poverty, fear, terror, submission, misery, failure, state, condition, apology, humility, servitude, manner, coward.Synonyms
* beggarly, contemptible, cringing, degraded, groveling, ignoble, mean, mean-spirited, slavish, vile, worthlessVerb
(en verb)- (John Donne)