Dictionary entry details
• DEPRESS (verb)
Meaning:
Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
dismay; dispirit; deject; cast down; depress; demoralize; demoralise; get down
Context examples:
These news depressed her / The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
Hypernyms (to "depress" is one way to...):
discourage (deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "depress"):
chill (depress or discourage)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The bad news will depress him
Antonym:
elate (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism)
Meaning:
Lower (prices or markets)
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The glut of oil depressed gas prices
Hypernyms (to "depress" is one way to...):
bring down; get down; let down; lower; take down (move something or somebody to a lower position)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Cause to drop or sink
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
depress; lower
Context example:
The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir
Hypernyms (to "depress" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Press down
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
press down; depress
Context example:
Depress the space key
Hypernyms (to "depress" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Lessen the activity or force of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
The rising inflation depressed the economy
Hypernyms (to "depress" is one way to...):
weaken (lessen the strength of)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
