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
adjadj.allcausing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacyAttributes:cheer cheerfulness sunniness sunshine
Synset:cheerless uncheerful
Examples:- the economic outlook is depressing
- something cheerless about the room
- a moody and uncheerful person
- an uncheerful place
Antonyms:cheerful
Derivationally Related Form:uncheerfulnesscheerlessness
Inherited Hypernyms:depressing
Similar to:blue dark dingy disconsolate dismal drab drear dreary gloomy grim sorry melancholy somber sombre
See also:joyless unhappy