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1. Lower than previously
   "the market is depressed"
   - down
    
2. Flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
    
3. Filled with melancholy and despondency
   "depressed by the loss of his job"
   - gloomy, grim, blue, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited

1. Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
   "These 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. Press down
   "Depress the space key"
   - press down
    
5. Lessen the activity or force of
   "The rising inflation depressed the economy"

See also: dejected, depressant, depression, depressor, low, thin

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

Antonym: elate

Encyclopedia: Depress