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depress
[dih-pres]
verb (used with object)
to make sad or gloomy; lower in spirits; deject; dispirit.
to lower in force, vigor, activity, etc.; weaken; make dull.
to lower in amount or value.
to put into a lower position.
to depress the muzzle of a gun.
to press down.
Music., to lower in pitch.
depress
/ dɪˈprɛs /
verb
to lower in spirits; make gloomy; deject
to weaken or lower the force, vigour, or energy of
to lower prices of (securities or a security market)
to press or push down
to lower the pitch of (a musical sound)
obsolete, to suppress or subjugate
Other Word Forms
- depressible adjective
- depressibility noun
- overdepress verb (used with object)
- undepressible adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of depress1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
That will depress spending - and also have wider ramifications, as environmental permitting, patent approvals, payments to contractors and other kinds of government activity tied to business comes to a halt.
He avoided visiting his property before framing began, too depressed by the empty space where home had been since 2006.
His numbers have stayed there, seemingly depressed from voters who disapprove of his National Guard stunts and immigration crackdown; they have told pollsters the president went “too far.”
“Everybody is chronically depressed, this feeling of having absolutely no say so with what’s going on in your life.”
“Is it fun being depressed? You cannot succumb!”
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