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depressing definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb depress 1 of 5 senses of depress Sense 1 depress, deject, cast down get down dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise => chill Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb depress 1 of 5 senses of depress Sense 1 depress, deject, cast down get down dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise => chill Entailment of verb depress Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb depress 5 senses of depress Sense 1 depress, deject, cast down get down dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise => discourage Sense 2 depress => lower, take down let down get down bring down Sense 3 lower, depress => change, alter Sense 4 press down depress => move displace Sense 5 depress => weaken Familiarity of verb depress depress used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 5) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb depress Sense 1 depress, deject, cast down get down dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise => discourage -------------- Sense 2 depress => lower, take down let down get down bring down -------------- Sense 3 lower, depress => change, alter -------------- Sense 4 press down depress => move displace -------------- Sense 5 depress => weaken -------------- Overview of verb depress The verb depress has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) 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. (1) 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") Overview of adj depressing The adj depressing has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim -- (causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather") 2. depressing, depressive, gloomy, saddening -- (causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news") Antonyms of adj depressing 2 senses of depressing Sense 1 blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim INDIRECT (VIA cheerless) -> cheerful Sense 2 depressing, depressive, gloomy, saddening INDIRECT (VIA sad) -> glad Similarity of adj depressing 2 senses of depressing Sense 1 blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim => cheerless (vs. cheerful), uncheerful Sense 2 depressing, depressive, gloomy, saddening => sad (vs. glad) Attributes of adj depressing Familiarity of adj depressing depressing used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj depressing depressing Overview of verb depress The verb depress has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) 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. (1) 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") Overview of adj depressing The adj depressing has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim -- (causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather") 2. depressing, depressive, gloomy, saddening -- (causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news")
depressing definition
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