| depress | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted.; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" |
| ~ chill | depress or discourage.; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers" |
| ~ discourage | deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged. |
| v. (motion) | 2. depress | lower (prices or markets).; "The glut of oil depressed gas prices" |
| ~ bring down, let down, lower, take down, get down | move something or somebody to a lower position.; "take down the vase from the shelf" |
| v. (contact) | 3. depress, lower | cause to drop or sink.; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (contact) | 4. depress, press down | press down.; "Depress the space key" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (change) | 5. depress | lessen the activity or force of.; "The rising inflation depressed the economy" |
| ~ weaken | lessen the strength of.; "The fever weakened his body" |
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