The Clue
Really blue (9 letter answer)
The Answer
DEPRESSED
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Notes
The answer DEPRESSED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
DEPRESS as a verb:
1. (depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise) = lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
2. lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
3. (lower, depress) = cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
4. (press down, depress) = press down; "Depress the space key"
5. lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"
DEPRESSED as an adjective:
1. (depressed, down) = lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down"
2. flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
3. (blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited) = low in spirits; "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"
4. (depressed, indented) = having the central portion lower than the margin; "a depressed pustule"