Depressed
Depressed adjective - Curved inward.
In despair and depressed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "In despair" instead an adjective "Depressed".
In despair
Depressed and in despair are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Depressed" instead an adjective phrase "In despair".
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Suicide as Comedy: King Pie shoots himself not because he's depressed or in despair, but to go back to his home in "Another Dimension".
Source: Webcomic / Buttlord GT -
When FDR was re-elected for a fourth term in 1944, Gray got so depressed, he had Daddy Warbucks Killed Off for Real, dying in despair.
Source: Theatre / Annie - Maud and Rarity force the trader to make the switch back, but until then, Pinkie can only speak in a quiet, depressed voice with her head hung in despair.
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In despair and Depressed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/depressed/in_despair
Depressed & In despair. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/depressed/in_despair>.
In despair or Depressed. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/depressed/in_despair.
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