depress

tr.v., -pressed, -press·ing, -press·es.

1. To lower in spirits; deject.
2. 1. To cause to drop or sink; lower: The drought depressed the water level in the reservoirs.
   2. To press down: Depress the space bar on a typewriter.
3. To lessen the activity or force of; weaken: feared that rising inflation would further depress the economy.
4. To lower prices in (a financial market).

[Middle English depressen, to push down, from Old French depresser, from Latin dēprimere, dēpress- : dē-, de- + premere, to press.]

depressible de·press'i·ble adj.

verb

1. To make sad or gloomy: deject, dispirit, oppress, sadden, weigh down. See happy/unhappy.
2. To cause to descend: drop, let down, lower, take down. See rise/fall.
3. To become or make less in price or value: cheapen, depreciate, devaluate, devalue, downgrade, lower, mark down, reduce, write down. See increase/decrease, money.

v

Definition: deject, make despondent; exhaust
Antonyms: cheer, comfort, encourage, excite, lift, make happy, stimulate

v

Definition: devalue
Antonyms: increase, raise

v

Definition: push down
Antonyms: push up, raise, uplift

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IN BRIEF: To make sad or gloomy.

She was always depressed at the holidays.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - trykke ned, deprimere, skabe depression

Nederlands (Dutch)
deprimeren, verlagen/ drukken (prijzen), (neer-/in)drukken

Français (French)
v. tr. - donner le cafard à, (Méd) déprimer, appuyer sur, faire baisser, abaisser

Deutsch (German)
v. - deprimieren, (her)unterdrücken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καταθλίβω, (συμ)πιέζω, λυπώ, θλίβω, προκαλώ κατάθλιψη ή οικονομική ύφεση, ρίχνω τις τιμές, συντρίβω, αποθαρρύνω

Italiano (Italian)
deprimere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - deprimir

Русский (Russian)
нажимать, подавлять, угнетать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - deprimir, abatir, desalentar, devaluar, presionar, paralizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - trycka ned, slå ned, sänka (pris)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使沮丧, 压下, 使消沉

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使沮喪, 壓下, 使消沈

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 침울하게 하다, 쇠퇴하게 만들다, 풀 죽게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 落胆させる, 意気消沈させる, 弱める, 落とす, 下に押す, 押し下げる, 下落させる, 不景気にする, 低下させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يثير الكآبه في النفس, يضغط على شئ, يكس نشاط شئ وبخاصه التجارة, يسحب شئ للأسفل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הוריד, לחץ על, הקיש, דיכא, הפחית‬

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