| VERB | emotion | depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise | lower someone's spirits |
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| motion | depress | lower (prices or markets) | |
| contact | depress, lower | cause to drop or sink | |
| contact | depress, press down | press down | |
| change | depress | lessen the activity or force of |
| Sounds | dihpreh's | |
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| Rhymes | ABS ... yes: 78 rhymes with ehs... | |
| Meaning | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will depress him | |
| Example | "These news depressed her" | |
| Synonyms | deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise | |
| Narrower | chill | depress or discourage |
| Broader | discourage | deprive of courage or hope |
| Opposite | elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate | Fill with high spirits |
| Spanish | abatir, deprimir, desalentar, desanimar, desmoralizar, espantar | |
| Catalan | abatre, deprimir, desanimar, descoratjar, desmoralitzar | |
| Adjectives | depressant | capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent |
| Nouns | depressant | a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person |
| Meaning | lower (prices or markets). | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The glut of oil depressed gas prices" | |
| Broader | lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down | Move something or somebody to a lower position |
| Spanish | caer | |
| Meaning | Cause to drop or sink. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir" | |
| Synonym | lower | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Nouns | depressor | any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down |
| Meaning | press down. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Depress the space key" | |
| Synonym | press down | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | digitar, presionar | |
| Nouns | depression | pushing down |
| depressor | a device used by physician to press a part down or aside / aside | |
| Meaning | lessen the activity or force of. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The rising inflation depressed the economy" | |
| Broader | weaken | lessen the strength of |
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