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1. Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
   "the economic outlook is depressing";
   - cheerless, uncheerful

1. Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
   "The news depressed her";
   - deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise [Brit]
    
2. Lower (prices or markets)
   "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
    
3. Cause to drop or sink
   "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir";
   - lower
    
4. Push down on briefly, usually with a finger
   "Depress the space key";
   - press down
    
5. Lessen the activity or force of
   "The rising inflation depressed the economy"

See also: blue [informal], cheer, cheerfulness, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, joyless, melancholy, somber [US], sombre [Brit, Cdn], sorry, sunniness, sunshine, unhappy

Type of: alter, bring down, change, discourage, displace, frustrate, get down, let down, lower, modify, move, take down, weaken

Antonym: intoxicate

Encyclopedia: Depressing