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depressing
Overview of verb depress
The verb depress has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise -- (lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her")
2. (1) depress -- (lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices")
3. lower, depress -- (cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir")
4. press down, depress -- (press down; "Depress the space key")
5. depress -- (lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy")
Overview of adj depressing
The adj depressing has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) blue, dark, depressing, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary -- (causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather")
2. depressing, depressive, gloomy, saddening -- (causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news")
Antonyms of verb depress
1 of 5 senses of depress
Sense 1
depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
Antonym of elate (Sense 1)
=>elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb depress
5 senses of depress
Sense 1
depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
=> discourage
Sense 2
depress
=> lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
=> move, displace
Sense 3
lower, depress
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
press down, depress
=> move, displace
Sense 5
depress
=> weaken
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb depress
1 of 5 senses of depress
Sense 1
depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
=> chill
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb depress
5 senses of depress
Sense 1
depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
=> discourage
Sense 2
depress
=> lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
Sense 3
lower, depress
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
press down, depress
=> move, displace
Sense 5
depress
=> weaken
'Cause To' of verb depress
Derived Forms of verb depress
3 of 5 senses of depress
Sense 1
depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
RELATED TO>(adj) depressive#1
=> depressing, depressive, gloomy, saddening
RELATED TO>(adj) depressant#1
=> depressant
RELATED TO>(noun) depressant#1
=> sedative, sedative drug, depressant, downer
Sense 3
lower, depress
RELATED TO>(noun) depressor#1
=> depressor, depressor muscle
Sense 4
press down, depress
RELATED TO>(noun) depression#10
=> depression
RELATED TO>(noun) depressor#3
=> depressor
Domain of verb depress
Domain Terms of verb depress
Familiarity of verb depress
depress used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb depress
5 senses of depress
Sense 1
depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
EX: The bad news will depress him
Sense 2
depress
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
lower, depress
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
press down, depress
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
depress
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb depress
5 senses of depress
Sense 1
depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
> discourage
=> depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
=> dishearten, put off
=> intimidate, restrain
=> throw cold water on, pour cold water on
Sense 2
depress
> lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
=> reef
=> depress
=> dip
=> incline
Sense 3
lower, depress
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Sense 4
press down, depress
> move, displace
=> mobilize, mobilise, circulate
=> relocate
=> dislocate, luxate, splay, slip
=> translate
=> station, post, base, send, place
=> agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
=> transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
=> funnel
=> brandish, flourish, wave
=> pull, draw, force
=> transport, carry
=> tug
=> disarrange
=> expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, boot out, turn out
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> engage, mesh, lock, operate
=> propel, impel
=> launch, set in motion
=> wind, wrap, roll, twine
=> unwind, wind off, unroll
=> wedge, squeeze, force
=> work
=> spill, shed, disgorge
=> spill, slop, splatter
=> unseat
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out
=> press down, depress
=> lift
=> flick, ruffle, riffle
=> work
=> take back
=> center, centre
=> pump
=> scan
=> jar, shake up, bump around
=> dandle
=> roll, revolve
=> push, force
=> rock, sway
=> fluctuate
=> pulse
=> shift, dislodge, reposition
=> glide
=> stir
=> play
=> overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over
=> transport, send, ship
=> send, direct
=> transport
=> saltate
=> lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
=> lift, raise
=> raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
=> drop
=> sink
=> advance, bring forward
=> chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
=> transfer, shift
=> displace, force out
=> herd, crowd
=> circulate
=> circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute
=> rout out, drive out, force out, rouse
=> drive
=> race, rush
=> woosh, whoosh
=> pour
=> exteriorize, bring outside
=> upstage
=> swing
=> turn, turn over
=> turn
=> turn
=> slide
=> run
=> whistle
=> beat, flap
=> singsong
=> hustle
=> wash
=> rake
=> blow
=> drag
=> pull, draw
=> lateralize
=> translate
=> hit, strike
=> change hands, change owners
=> transfer
=> expel, throw out, kick out
Sense 5
depress
> weaken
=> de-energize, de-energise
=> break
=> devitalize, devitalise
=> shake
=> depress
=> unbrace
=> etiolate
=> cripple, stultify
=> dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
=> rarefy, attenuate
=> blunt
=> temper, season, mollify
=> enfeeble, debilitate, drain
=> enervate
=> dampen
=> neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate
=> emasculate, castrate
=> wash out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb depress
Sense 1
depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
=> discourage
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Sense 2
depress
=> lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
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Sense 3
lower, depress
=> change, alter, modify
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Sense 4
press down, depress
=> move, displace
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Sense 5
depress
=> weaken
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Grep of verb depress
depress
depressurise
depressurize
Antonyms of adj depressing
2 senses of depressing
Sense 1
blue, dark, depressing, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary
INDIRECT (VIA cheerless) -> cheerful
Sense 2
depressing, depressive, gloomy, saddening
INDIRECT (VIA sad) -> glad
Similarity of adj depressing
2 senses of depressing
Sense 1
blue, dark, depressing, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary
=> cheerless (vs. cheerful), uncheerful
Sense 2
depressing, depressive, gloomy, saddening
=> sad (vs. glad)
Pertainyms of adj depressing
Attributes of adj depressing
Domain of adj depressing
Domain Terms of adj depressing
Familiarity of adj depressing
depressing used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj depressing
depressing
Grep of adv depressing
depressingly
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