Past tense of depress
regular verb
The past tense of depress is depressed. The past participle is also depressed.
Forms of depress
| Base form (V1) | depress /dɪˈpɹɛs/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | depressed /dɪˈpɹɛst/ |
| Past participle (V3) | depressed /dɪˈpɹɛst/ |
| Present participle | depressing /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)/ |
| Third person singular | depresses |
Depressed in a sentence
- That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it.From the entry get
- Like too many deeply depressed people, she died by her own hand.From the entry by one's own hand
- One day is much the same as the next when you're depressed.From the entry the same
- He has been chronically depressed and feels he has nothing to live for.From the entry live for
- Her divorce destroyed her; she had a nervous breakdown and was severely depressed for more than a year.From the entry destroy
Meaning of depress
- verb To press down.
- verb To make depressed, sad or bored.
- verb To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
Questions about the past tense of depress
- What is the past tense of depress?
- The past tense of depress is depressed.
- What is the past participle of depress?
- The past participle of depress is depressed.
- Is depress a regular or irregular verb?
- Depress is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: depress (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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