Depress \De*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depressed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Depressing.] [L. depressus, p. p. of deprimere; de-
+ premere to press. See Press.]
1. To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower;
as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes.
"With lips depressed." --Tennyson.
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2. To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride.
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3. To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were
depressed.
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4. To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as
trade, commerce, etc.
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5. To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to
cheapen; to depreciate.
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6. (Math.) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
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To depress the pole (Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to
appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward
the equator.
Syn: To sink; lower; abase; cast down; deject; humble;
degrade; dispirit; discourage.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
depressing
adj 1: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war";
"a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate
winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days
of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy
weather" [syn: blue, dark, disconsolate, dismal,
dispiriting, gloomy, grim]
2: causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy
outlook"; "gloomy news" [syn: depressive, gloomy, saddening]
WordNet (r) 2.0
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "depressing":
affecting, afflictive, bitter, black, bleak, cheerless,
comfortless, deplorable, depressant, depressive, discomforting,
discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dismaying, dispiriting,
distressful, distressing, dolorific, dolorogenic, dolorous, down,
dreary, funereal, grievous, joyless, lamentable, melancholic,
melancholy, mournful, moving, oppressive, painful, pathetic,
piteous, pitiable, poignant, regrettable, rueful, sad, saddening,
sharp, somber, sore, sorrowful, touching, triste, uncomfortable,
woebegone, woeful, wretched
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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