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1. (v.t.) depress
to make sad or gloomy; lower in spirits; dispirit.
2. depress
to lower in force, vigor, activity, etc.; weaken.
3. depress
to lower in amount or value.
4. depress
to put into a lower position; press down.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < AF, OF depresser < LL depressāre, freq. of dēprimere=de-de - +-primere, comb. form of premere to press)
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1. (verb) depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
"These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
2. (verb) depress
lower (prices or markets)
"The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
3. (verb) lower, depress
cause to drop or sink
"The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
4. (verb) press down, depress
press down
"Depress the space key"
5. (verb) depress
lessen the activity or force of
"The rising inflation depressed the economy"
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1. (verb) depress
to make sb feel sad
The news depressed him.
2. depress
to make sth decrease
economic factors depressing stock values
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) depress
having the middle lower than the border; concave
2. (verb) depress
to press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes
3. (verb) depress
to bring down or humble; to abase, as pride
4. (verb) depress
to cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed
5. (verb) depress
to lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc
6. (verb) depress
to lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate
7. (verb) depress
to reduce (an equation) in a lower degree
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Sense: to make sad or gloomy
I am always depressed by wet weather.
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 Afrikaans: neerslagtig maak, ontmoed |
 Arabic: يُسَبِّب الكآبَه |
 Bulgarian: гнетя |
 Brazilian: deprimir |
 Czech: sklíčit |
 German: deprimieren |
 Danish: deprimere; gøre deprimere |
 Greek: καταθλίβω, κάνω κπ. να με |
 Spanish: deprimir, desanimar, abat |
 Estonian: masendama |
 Farsi: افسرده کردن؛ غمگین کردن |
 Finnish: masentaa |
 French: déprimer |
 Hebrew: לְדַכֵּא |
 Hindi: दबाना |
 Croatian: rastužiti, deprimirati |
 Hungarian: elcsüggeszt |
 Indonesian: membuat sedih |
 Icelandic: hryggja |
 Italian: deprimere |
 Japanese: 意気消沈させる |
 Korean: 우울하게 하다 |
 Lithuanian: (pri)slėgti |
 Latvian: nomākt; nospiest |
 Malay: membuat sedih |
 Dutch: deprimeren |
 Norwegian: gjøre melankolsk/deprimer |
 Polish: przygnębiać |
 Persian: افسرده کردن؛ غمگین کردن |
 Pashto: ټيټول، لږول، كښيكښل، له ب |
 Portuguese: deprimir |
 Romanian: a deprima |
 Russian: приводить в уныние |
 Slovak: skľúčiť |
 Slovenian: potreti |
 Serbian: deprimirati |
 Swedish: göra deprimerad (nedstämd |
 Thai: ทำให้เศร้าใจ |
 Turkish: canını sıkmak, keyfini ka |
 Taiwanese: 使沮喪 |
 Ukrainian: пригноблювати; засмучуват |
 Urdu: افسردہ کرنا |
 Vietnamese: làm buồn rầu |
 Chinese: 使沮丧 |
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