vverb.emotionlower someone's spirits; make downheartedSynset:cast down deject demoralise demoralize depress dismay dispirit get down
Examples:- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
Antonyms:elate
Derivationally Related Form:dejectiondemoralisationdepressantdismaydemoralization
Hypernyms:discourage
Inherited Hypernyms:depressdiscourage
Direct Hyponyms:chill
Full Troponyms:chill
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: get down, dismay) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: deject, dismay, dispirit, depress, demoralize)
vverb.motionlower (prices or markets)Examples:- The glut of oil depressed gas prices
Hypernyms:bring down get down let down lower take down
Inherited Hypernyms:depresslowermove
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.contactcause to drop or sinkSynset:depress lower
Examples:- The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir
Derivationally Related Form:lowerdepressorlowering
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:lowerchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.contactpress downSynset:depress press down
Derivationally Related Form:depressordepression
Hypernyms:displace move
Inherited Hypernyms:press downmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changelessen the activity or force ofExamples:- The rising inflation depressed the economy
Hypernyms:weaken
Inherited Hypernyms:depressweakenchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
adj satadj.alllower than previouslySynset:down
Examples:- the market is depressed
- prices are down
Antonyms:high
Inherited Hypernyms:depressed
Similar to:low
adj satadj.allflattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfacesTopic:biological sciencebiology
Antonyms:thick
Inherited Hypernyms:depressed
Similar to:thin
adj satadj.allfilled with melancholy and despondencySynset:blue dispirited down down in the mouth downcast downhearted gloomy grim low low-spirited
Examples:- gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
- gloomy predictions
- a gloomy silence
- took a grim view of the economy
- the darkening mood
- lonely and blue in a strange city
- depressed by the loss of his job
- a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
- downcast after his defeat
- feeling discouraged and downhearted
Antonyms:elated
Derivationally Related Form:downheartednessdispiritednesslow-spiritednesslownessgloominess
Inherited Hypernyms:gloomy
Similar to:dejected