Overview of verb depress

The verb depress has 5 senses

• 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")


• depress -- (lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices")


• lower, depress -- (cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir")


• press down, depress -- (press down; "Depress the space key")


• depress -- (lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy")

Overview of adj depressing

The adj depressing has 1 sense

• depressing, cheerless, uncheerful -- (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")