Definition of depress
Verbs
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
"These news depressed her"
- Synonyms:
- cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, dismay, dispirit, get down
- Antonyms:
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elate
fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift
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- Types:
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chill
depress or discourage
- Type of:
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discourage
deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
lower (prices or markets)
"The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
- Type of:
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bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down
move something or somebody to a lower position
cause to drop or sink
"The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
- Synonyms:
- lower
press down
- Synonyms:
- press down
lessen the activity or force of
"The rising inflation depressed the economy"
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weaken
lessen the strength of
Vocabulary Lists for depress
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun »(384 words)
- sand dollar
- petty bourgeoisie
- petit bourgeois
- peckerwood
- Yoruba
J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" Chapters 1-14 »(70 words)
Vocabulary study list for J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in...
- ostracize
- reversible
- recuperate
- nonchalant
- rile
Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels - Chapters 1-4 »(415 words)
A very interesting vocabulary list from Gulliver's...
- scimitar
- lilliputian
- observe
- middle finger
- metropolis
Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 13-25 »(370 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "A Tale of...
- abnegate
- proscribe
- vegetate
- glutinous
- ruminate
Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" Chapters 21-40 »(353 words)
Vocabulary study list for Jane Austen's "Pride and...
- inure
- extenuate
- obtrude
- depreciate
- exasperate
Jack London's White Fang - Part 1 »(323 words)
An excellent vocabulary list for the first part of Jack...
- red wolf
- grey wolf
- shooting iron
- circle
- yelp
Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" Chapters 14-26 »(311 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "Oliver...
- ruminate
- snooze
- deface
- slipshod
- reciprocate

