· lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"

Synonym(s): deject, cast_down, get_down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise

Hypernym(s): discourage

Antonym(s): elate

· lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"

Hypernym(s): lower, take_down, let_down, get_down, bring_down

· cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"

Synonym(s): lower

Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify

· press down; "Depress the space key"

Synonym(s): press_down

Hypernym(s): move, displace

· lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"

Hypernym(s): weaken

· causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"

Synonym(s): cheerless, uncheerful

Antonym(s): cheerful