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/dɪprˈɛsɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Depress v. t. (past & past part. depressed; pres. part. depressing)

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."

To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride.

To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed.

To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc.

To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate.

(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.

Synonyms: To sink; lower; abase; cast down; deject; humble; degrade; dispirit; discourage.

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"Depressing" Quotes from Famous Books

... under these and other, similarly depressing circumstances, the nightly receipts were about L60, the expenses being L80; and on the last—an author's—night, there was an excellent and enthusiastic house, yielding, to the best of my recollection, about L140, but ...

— The Letters of Charles Dickens - Vol. 1 (of 3), 1833-1856 • Charles Dickens

... young men, they were too dismayed at the unexpected difficulties which had started up in their way to give any opinion whatever. This uncertainty was terrible, and all felt that it would have a most depressing effect upon themselves and upon the whole expedition; for how could they tell, after journeying for hundreds of miles, whether every step might not take them further from ...

— On the Pampas • G. A. Henty

... love and hope in her heart did not lift her above the depressing influence of that mournful last view of her home. Was the thing that she was going to do worth while? Was anything in life worth while? The little town had a half-awakened Monday-morning look. Every one seemed to be beginning another week with an "Oh, dear me!" sort ...

— A Singer from the Sea • Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

... an old person of Crowle, Who lived in the nest of an owl; When they screamed in the nest, he screamed out with the rest, That depressing old person ...

— Nonsense Books • Edward Lear

... the policeman, who had befriended Bessie when she was lost, the latter because she thought Mrs. Granby "such fun." To have Mrs. Fleming come in, as she presently did, was bliss indeed to Lily, who delighted in pitting the cheery, lively little Mrs. Granby against the melancholy, depressing Mrs. Fleming. Nor was ...

— Bessie Bradford's Prize • Joanna H. Mathews

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