DEPRESS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Meaning of depress in English
depress verb [T]
(CAUSE SADNESS )
depress verb [T]
(REDUCE )
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depress verb [T]
(PRESS DOWN )
(Definition of depress from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
depress | Intermediate English
depress verb [T]
(CAUSE UNHAPPINESS )
It depresses me to think about it.
depress verb [T]
(REDUCE )
depress verb [T]
(PRESS DOWN )
to
press down on something:
(Definition of depress from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
Examples of depress
depress
We tend to throw the word paranoid around rather loosely, like we do the term depressed.
I see no purpose in the universe, from science, and that doesn't depress me.
I'm not depressed at all anymore (even though my phobia sometimes makes me feel like giving up on life).
It further depressed the economy and devastated farming livelihoods.
Those folks have seen their incomes depressed by about seven percent over the last 30 years.
My boyfriend, who is also depressed by the failure of his marriage of 38 years, often has trouble ejaculating.
That would inflate their 2012 income figures and depress the 2013 ones, but they will likely rebound this year.
But too large of a yield could depress the price of almonds, leading to fewer dollars in farmers' pockets.
No one is writing music that highlights what everyone is scared to talk about -- which is that everyone is sick and depressed these days.
It turns out he had depressed the hook switch and closed the line.
They're flush with the case but relatively easy to depress , and the bands slide right out.
The negative interest rate policy has proved unpopular because it hurts bank earnings and depresses already low deposit rates.
Others have proposed, separately, that a mourner can be labeled clinically depressed only two weeks after the loss of a loved one.
With technology, such as this message board, while we have got great connectivity we have become the most socially depress and loneliness generation in history.
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Translations of depress
in Chinese (Traditional)
引起憂鬱, 使憂鬱，使沮喪, 降低…
in Chinese (Simplified)
引起忧郁, 使忧郁，使沮丧, 降低…
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deprimir, decrecer, hacer bajar…
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deprimir, reduzir, diminuir…
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（人）を憂うつにさせる, 失望（しつぼう）させる, 下落（げらく）させる…
mutsuz etmek, canını sıkmak, keyfini/tadını kaçırmak…
deprimere, gøre deprimeret, gøre i dårligt humør…
göra deprimerad (nedstämd), hämma…
membuat sedih, menurunkan…
deprimieren, einschränken…
gjøre deprimert, senke, redusere…
пригноблювати, засмучувати, знижувати…
приводить в уныние, угнетать, понижать…
membuat sedih, menurunkan…
ทำให้เศร้าใจ, ทำให้หดหู่ใจ…
làm buồn rầu, làm cho kém hoạt động hơn…
przygnębiać, obniżać, osłabiać…
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