Synonyms for depress
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Bring down — to make depressed, sad or bored
bring down, sadden, cast down, dampen, bring low, get down, demoralize UK US, demoralise UK, take down, oppress, pain, come down on, dull, darken, upset, dispirit, deject, unhappy, chill, grieve, dismay, damp, dash
2. Reduce — to bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.)
reduce, weaken, sink, discourage, degrade, abate, humiliate, depreciate, downgrade, humble, disgrace, abase, abash, devaluate, diminish, lessen, devalue, demean, disparage, discredit, vitiate, demote
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To press down.
Depress the upper lever to start the machine.
- v. 2
To make depressed, sad or bored.
- v. 3
To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
Related words
- Word family
- depressant depressed depressing depression depressive
Forms
- Past participle
- depressed
e.g. depressed → saddened, dampened, demoralized, oppressed…
Example sentences
- oppress Islam doesn't give men the right to oppress women.
- dampen Benedito used water to dampen the cloth for cleaning.
- sadden It will sadden Tony so much to hear that Donna is dead.
- discourage Should Algeria discourage car use in large cities?
- weaken This could profoundly weaken the Algerian economy.
By length
- 4 letters
- pain1, sink1, dash1, dull1, damp1
- 5 letters
- press1, lower2, upset2, chill1, abate2, abase, abash2
- 6 letters
- reduce2, humble2, squash1, weaken2, lessen2, grieve1, dismay2, darken2, dampen2, demean2, demote2, sadden2, deject2
- 7 letters
- unhappy3, degrade2, oppress2, devalue3, vitiate3
- 8 letters
- disgrace2, diminish3, dispirit, downbear
- 9 letters
- discredit3, downgrade2, humiliate4, disparage3, devaluate4
- 10 letters
- discourage3, depreciate4, demoralize4, demoralise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lower2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- déprimer
- Español
- deprimir
- Deutsch
- deprimieren