depressverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈpres/us/dɪˈpres/depress verb [ T ] (CAUSE SADNESS)
to cause someone to feel unhappy and without hope:
This weather depresses me.
[ + -ing verb ] Doesn't it depress you listening to the news these days?
[ + to infinitive ] It depresses me to think that I'll probably still be doing exactly the same job in ten years' time.
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Making people sad, shocked and upset
- aback
- amiss
- appal
- be laughing on the other side of your face idiom
- bite
- burn
- haunt
- hit/touch a (raw) nerve idiom
- horrify
- hurt sb's feelings idiom
- hurtful
- laugh
- mess
- nose
- shake
- take sb aback
- tear sb apart
- tear sb's heart out idiom
- torture
- traumatize
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depress verb [ T ] (REDUCE)
to reduce the value of something, especially money:
A surplus of corn has helped depress the grain market/grain prices.
The rise in the value of the dollar has depressed the company's earnings/profits this year.
to reduce the amount of activity in something, especially a business operation:
High interest rates are continuing to depress the economy.
to lower the level or amount of something:
This drug helps depress high hormone levels.
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Price decreases
- bearish
- closeout
- concession
- cut-price
- deduction
- deflate
- depreciate
- depreciation
- discount
- downturn
- knock
- knock sb/sth down
- mark
- offer
- put
- put sth down 1
- roll
- roll sth back
- slump
- tumble
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Economics
Business - general words
Raising and lowering
depress verb [ T ] (PRESS DOWN)
formal to press down or lower:
Slowly depress the accelerator/brake pedal.
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Squeezing and grinding
- compact
- compress
- compression
- concertina
- constrict
- crush
- firm
- gnash your teeth idiom
- grind
- ground
- mill
- pack
- pinch
- pound
- pulp
- pulverize
- scrunch
- shut
- shut sth in sth
- squeeze
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