'Depress' definitions:
Definition of 'depress'
From: WordNet
verb
Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" [syn: depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise] [ant: elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift]
verb
Lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
verb
Cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir" [syn: lower, depress]
verb
Press down; "Depress the space key" [syn: press down, depress]
verb
Lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"
Definition of 'Depress'
From: GCIDE
- Depress \De*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Depressing.] [L. depressus, p. p. of deprimere; de- + premere to press. See Press.]
- 1. To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes. "With lips depressed." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Math.) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree. [1913 Webster]
- To depress the pole (Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator.
- Syn: To sink; lower; abase; cast down; deject; humble; degrade; dispirit; discourage. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Depress'
From: GCIDE
- Depress \De*press"\, a. [L. depressus, p. p.] Having the middle lower than the border; concave. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- If the seal be depress or hollow. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'depress'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abridge,
- bear down,
- beat down,
- bring down,
- bring low,
- burden,
- cast down,
- cheapen,
- compress,
- couch,
- countersink,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dampen the spirits,
- darken,
- dash,
- debase,
- debilitate,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- deepen,
- deflate,
- deject,
- demit,
- dent,
- depreciate,
- detrude,
- devaluate,
- devalue,
- dig,
- diminish,
- dimple,
- dint,
- discourage,
- dishearten,
- dispirit,
- dive,
- downbear,
- downgrade,
- drill,
- droop,
- dull,
- enervate,
- engrave,
- excavate,
- grieve,
- haul down,
- impress,
- imprint,
- indent,
- knock down,
- lessen,
- let,
- let down,
- lower,
- lower the spirits,
- mine,
- notch,
- oppress,
- pare,
- pit,
- pock,
- pockmark,
- press down,
- press in,
- pull down,
- punch,
- punch in,
- push down,
- recess,
- reduce,
- retrench,
- roll back,
- sadden,
- sap,
- scale down,
- set back,
- set in,
- shorten,
- simplify,
- sink,
- stamp,
- step down,
- take down,
- take from,
- tamp,
- thrust down,
- tune down,
- tunnel,
- upset,
- weaken,
- weigh down,
- weigh heavy upon,
- weigh upon
Words containing 'Depress'
- Depressant,
- Depressed,
- Depressing,
- Depressingly,
- Depression,
- Depressive,
- Depressiveness,
- Angle of depression,
- Depression of the dewpoint,
- Depression of the pole,
- To depress the pole,
- agitated depression,
- anaclitic depression,
- clinical depression,
- depressed fracture,
- depressive disorder,
- dysthymic depression,
- endogenous depression,
- exogenous depression,
- great depression,
- involutional depression,
- manic depression,
- manic depressive,
- natural depression,
- neurotic depression,
- psychotic depression,
- reactive depression,
- retarded depression,
- unipolar depression,
- Depression of the visible horizon,
- major depressive episode,
- manic depressive illness,
- manic-depressive,
- manic-depressive psychosis