1. (

• 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. (

• 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" ;

1. (

• depressed ,
• down

) lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down" ;

2. (

• depressed

) flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces ;

3. (

• gloomy ,
• grim ,
• blue ,
• depressed ,
• dispirited ,
• down ,
• downcast ,
• downhearted ,
• down_in_the_mouth ,
• low ,
• low-spirited

) filled with melancholy and despondency; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" ;