2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Depress \De*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depressed}; p. pr &
vb n. {Depressing}.] [L. depressus p. p. of deprimere de-
+ premere to press. See {Press}.]
1. To press down to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower;
as to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes.
``With lips depressed.'' --Tennyson.
2. To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride.
3. To cast a gloom upon to sadden; as his spirits were
depressed.
4. To lessen the activity of to make dull; embarrass, as
trade commerce, etc
5. To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to
cheapen; to depreciate.
6. (Math.) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
{To depress the pole} (Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to
appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward
the equator.
Syn: To sink; lower; abase; cast down deject; humble;
degrade; dispirit; discourage.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
depressing
adj 1: 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" [syn: {blue}, {dark}, {disconsolate}, {dismal},
{dispiriting}, {gloomy}, {grim}]
2: causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy
outlook"; "gloomy news" [syn: {depressive}, {gloomy}, {saddening}]
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