depress

  • 31depress v — If your clothes get wrinkled it could be de pressing. disbar v …

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  • 32depress — verb 1》 cause to feel utterly dispirited or dejected. 2》 reduce the level of activity in (a system). 3》 push or pull down into a lower position. Derivatives depressible adjective Origin ME: from OFr. depresser, from late L. depressare,… …

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  • 33depress — v. a. 1. Lower, detrude, drop, sink, bow, reduce, press down, let down, let fall, cast down, bring down. 2. Degrade, humble, disgrace, humiliate, debase, abase, abash, bring low, take down. 3. Discourage, dishearten, dispirit, deject, damp,… …

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  • 34depress — v 1. dispirit, dishearten, discourage, put [s.o.] down in the dumps or the doldrums. See deject. 2. weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, enervate; exhaust, sap, drain, weary, tire; dull, deaden, kill. 3. devaluate, devalue, depreciate, cheapen; diminish …

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  • 35depress — de·press …

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  • 36depress — [dɪˈpres] verb [T] 1) to make someone feel unhappy and without any enthusiasm or hope It depresses me to see all that money being wasted.[/ex] 2) formal to make something such as a price or value go down …

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  • 37depress — de•press [[t]dɪˈprɛs[/t]] v. t. 1) to make sad or gloomy; lower in spirits; dispirit 2) to lower in force, vigor, activity, etc.; weaken 3) to lower in amount or value 4) to put into a lower position; press down • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME < AF …

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  • 38depress — /dɪ pres/ verb to reduce ● Reducing the money supply has the effect of depressing demand for consumer goods …

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  • 39depress — /dɪ pres/ verb to reduce something ● Reducing the money supply has the effect of depressing demand for consumer goods …

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  • 40depress — see PRESS …

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