Depress

/dɪˈpɹɛs/

Synonyms for "depress" (180 found)

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Closest matches (36)

Verb(6 words)
lowerabashapply downward forcebummedcast downdarkens
abridgebear downbeat downbring downbring lowburdencast downcheapenchillcompresscouchcountersinkcrushcurtailcutcut backcut downdampdampendampen the spirits
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Strong matches (54)

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lower the spiritsminenotchoppresspainparepitpockpockmarkpress downpress inpreypull downpunchpunch inpushpush downrecessreduceretrenchroll backsaddensapscale downset backset inshattershortensimplifysinkstampstep downtake downtake fromtampthrust downtune downtunnelturnupsetvitiateweakenweigh downweigh heavy uponweigh upon
Noun(11 words)
droopingemotional voidfrettinggloomlowering riteovercastovercastspress a keypushpush a switchpushing lever

Related word relations

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More general

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alterapply forcebring downchangediscouragedisplaceeconomic changeemotional changeget downlet downlowermodifymovetake downweaken

More specific

6 entries
depress demanddepress mooddepress priceslower spiritspress buttonpush lever

Collocations

6 entries
clinical depressiondepressed economydepressed mooddepressed pricesdepressed spiritseconomic depression

Inflections

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Derivations

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Antonyms

1 entries

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Rain doesn't depress people who like reading.

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I don't want to depress you.

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I didn't want to depress you.

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The election results depress me.

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