depress

Verb
  1. Lower someone's spirits;
    Make downhearted (synset 201818363)
    "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
    is a type of: discourage - deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
    subtypes: chill - depress or discourage
    same as: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, dismay, dispirit, get down
  2. Lower (prices or markets) (synset 201977946)
    "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
    is a type of: bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down - move something or somebody to a lower position
  3. Cause to drop or sink (synset 201577754)
    "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    same as: lower
  4. Press down (synset 201577597)
    "Depress the space key"
    is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
    same as: press down
  5. Lessen the activity or force of (synset 200225864)
    "The rising inflation depressed the economy"
    is a type of: weaken - lessen the strength of

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