depress

Meaning

1. To press down.
2. To make depressed, sad or bored.
3. To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
4. To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
5. To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.

Opposite of

cheer up

Synonyms

discourage

dispirit

deject

sadden

oppress

lower

dishearten

disappoint

be gloomy

drop

humiliate

weaken

press down

demoralize

press down on

demoralise

press

dismay

get down

dampen

damp

dent

aggrieve

enfeeble

sorrow

tyrannize

mortify

overcome

indent

enervate

grieve

cast down

debilitate

dash

💨

darken

abase

make sad

calm

cypher

cut off

calculate

bear down

cramp

cover

butcher

count

🔢

dip

dig up

constrain

breakdown

Translations

deprimieren

deprimir

deprimeren

déprimer

deprimir

deprimere

neerdrukken

καταπιέζω

ταπεινώνω

scoraggiare

abbacchiare

angustiare

abattre

αποκαρδιώνω

démoraliser

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈpɹɛs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: depressen

In summary

From Middle English depressen, from Old French depresser, from Latin dēpressus, perfect participle of dēprimō (“to press down, to weigh down”), from dē- (“off, away, down, out”) + premō (“to press”).