What connotation does the word depressed have

It has a negative connotation

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the act of depressing.the state of being depressed. a depressed or sunken place or part; an area lower than the surrounding surface. sadness; gloom; dejection. Psychiatry. a condition of general emotional dejection and withdrawal; sadness greater and more prolonged than that warranted by any objective reason.Compare clinical depression. dullness or inactivity, as of trade. Economics. a period during which business, employment, and stock-market values decline severely or remain at a very low level of activity. the Depression. Great Depression. Pathology. a low state of vital powers or functional activity. Astronomy. the angular distance of a celestial body below the horizon; negative altitude. Surveying. the angle between the line from an observer or instrument to an object below either of them and a horizontal line. Physical Geography. an area completely or mostly surrounded by higher land, ordinarily having interior drainage and not conforming to the valley of a single stream. Meteorology. an area of low atmospheric pressure.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)