抑郁 (yì yù) — depressed, despondent, gloomy
Definition
抑郁 describes a clinical, persistent state of depression. Heavier than 郁闷 (which is situational frustration) and 忧郁 (which leans poetic/melancholy).
adjective
depresseddespondentgloomy
Examples
- 抑郁,。Tā zuì jìn yì zhí hěn yì yù, xū yào duō xiū xi.She has been very depressed lately and needs more rest.
- 抑郁。Zhè zhǒng yì yù de qíng xù hěn nán zì jǐ tiáo jié.This kind of depressed mood is hard to adjust on one's own.
- 抑郁。Tā yīn wèi gōng zuò yā lì biàn de hěn yì yù.He became very depressed because of work pressure.
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