- 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"
--1 is one way to discourage
Antonyms: elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun depressant1
The bad news will depress him
- depress - lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
--2 is one way to lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- lower, depress - cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun depressor1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- press down, depress - press down; "Depress the space key"
--4 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun depression10, noun depressor3
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- depress - lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"
--5 is one way to weaken
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- lower, depress - cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"