Depress

Verb

 * 1) To press down on
 * Depress the upper lever to start the machine.
 * 1) To make depressed, sad or bored.
 * Winter depresses me.
 * 1) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
 * Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.

Adverbs for Depress
particularly; fearfully; dreadfully; vaguely; obviously; acutely; drastically; economically; financially; industrially; spiritually;nationally; mentally; nervously.

Synonyms for Depress
sink, lower, abase, dispirit, humble, deject, degrade, debase, humiliate, disgrace, discourage.

Antonyms for Depress
upraise, cheer, console, comfort, praise, encourage, urge, stimulate.

Related terms

 * depressant
 * depression
 * depressive

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

Etymology
From depressen: <  depresser: <  depressus:, perfect participle of deprimo: < de: + premere:.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: натискам
 * Finnish: painaa alas


 * Hebrew:
 * Portuguese:


 * Bulgarian: гнетя, потискам
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,


 * German:
 * Hebrew: דיכא
 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish: ,

Anagrams

 * pressed