Synonyms for depress
dɪˈprɛsde·press

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1. depress

   Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.

   Synonyms:
   abase, bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, reduce, sink

   Antonyms:
   advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift

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1. depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoraliseverb

   lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

   "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"

   Synonyms:
   start, write down, unhorse, bring down, set about, get, begin, get off, deprave, lower, demoralise, commence, misdirect, dispirit, get down, debase, dismay, demoralize, profane, appal, swallow, horrify, alarm, subvert, vitiate, take down, set down, dismount, put down, press down, let down, cast down, debauch, appall, deject, pervert, start out, light, corrupt, set out

   Antonyms:
   uplift, intoxicate, lift up, elate, pick up

2. depressverb

   lower (prices or markets)

   "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"

   Synonyms:
   demoralise, deject, lower, press down, dispirit, get down, demoralize, dismay, cast down

   Antonyms:
   elate, lift up, pick up, intoxicate, uplift

3. lower, depressverb

   cause to drop or sink

   "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"

   Synonyms:
   glower, bring down, dismay, let down, take down, frown, dispirit, lower, lour, deject, demoralise, get down, press down, demoralize, cast down, turn down

   Antonyms:
   uplift, pick up, intoxicate, lift up, elate

4. press down, depressverb

   press down

   "Depress the space key"

   Synonyms:
   deject, lower, press down, dispirit, get down, demoralise, demoralize, dismay, cast down

   Antonyms:
   pick up, lift up, intoxicate, elate, uplift

5. depressverb

   lessen the activity or force of

   "The rising inflation depressed the economy"

   Synonyms:
   demoralise, deject, lower, press down, dispirit, get down, demoralize, dismay, cast down

   Antonyms:
   elate, uplift, intoxicate, lift up, pick up

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1. • Change
   • Lower
   • Weaken

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1. malungkot

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2020  

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1. depressverb

   Synonyms:
   lower, detrude, drop, sink, bow, reduce, press down, let down, let fall, cast down, bring down

2. depressverb

   Synonyms:
   degrade, humble, disgrace, humiliate, debase, abase, abash, bring low, take down

3. depressverb

   Synonyms:
   discourage, dishearten, dispirit, deject, damp, dampen, chill, make sad, make despondent

4. depressverb

   Synonyms:
   make dull (as trade)

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1. List of paraphrases for "depress":

   press

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How to use depress in a sentence?

1. Benjamin Ginsberg:

   One of the effects that the charges of fraudulent elections has is that it's going to depress Republican turnout — that if voters come to think their votes don't matter because the results are rigged, they'll stay home.

2. Joseph Addison:

   Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.

3. Chris Borick:

   President Donald Trump's standing in the polls is not in a great place, so, President Donald Trump paths to victory might involve efforts to depress turnout and to question the validity of results, if it comes to that. The President and The President campaign have engaged in The Trump campaign.

4. Mark Zandi:

   The rules of the game keep changing. For a business person, that is overwhelming, they're not going to feel like the coast is clear. That uncertainty will depress ability to go out and expand and grow. They're not going to go out and hire more people because they're not sure what lays ahead in the future. This is going to be a process. I don't think it's like a light switch going on.

5. Joseph Addison:

   Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.