depress

Academic Word List, sublist 10.

About 1.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To press down.

   Depress the upper lever to start the machine.

2. verb To make depressed, sad or bored.

   Winter depresses me.

3. verb To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.

   Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.

4. verb To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
5. verb To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.

Similar words

deject dismay dispirit demoralize cast down lower get down press down sadden dishearten

Often followed by

the and me it him prices their wages them you

Word family

depressed depresses depressible depressing depression