Definition of depresses Depresses
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What does depresses mean?
Part of speech
🔤- depresses, verb, present, 3rd person singular of depress (infinitive).
WordNet
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| depress - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" | ||
| deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise | ||
| elate, lift up, intoxicate, uplift, pick up fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" | ||
| discourage deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged | ||
| chill depress or discourage; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers" | ||
| depress - lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy" | ||
| weaken become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" | ||
| depress - lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices" | ||
| let down, take down, lower, bring down, get down reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" | ||
| depress - cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir" | ||
| lower | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| depress - press down; "Depress the space key" | ||
| press down | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- depress (v. t.)
To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes. - depress (v. t.)
To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride. - depress (v. t.)
To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed. - depress (v. t.)
To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc. - depress (v. t.)
To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate. - depress (v. t.)
To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree. - depress (a.)
Having the middle lower than the border; concave.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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depress
To make depressed, sad or bored.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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depress
de-pres′, v.t. to press down: to let down: to lower: to humble: to make subject: to dispirit or cast a gloom over.—n. Depres′sant (med.), a sedative.—p.adj. Depressed′, pressed down: lowered: humbled: dejected: dispirited.—adj. Depres′sing, able or tending to depress.—adv. Depres′singly.—ns. Depres′sion, a falling in or sinking: a lowering: a fall of the barometer: a hollow: abasement: dejection; Depres′sor, an oppressor: a muscle that draws down: a surgical instrument for squeezing down a soft part. [L. deprimĕre, -pressum—de, down, and primĕre, to press.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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depress
The order to adjust the quoin in great-gun exercise; to depress the muzzle to point at an object below the level, in contradistinction to elevate.
Part of speech
🔤- depress, verb, present, 1st person singular of depress (infinitive).
- depress, verb (infinitive).
