depress

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
  2. verb lower (prices or markets)
  3. verb cause to drop or sink

Etymology

From Middle English depressen, from Old French depresser, from Latin dēpressus, perfect participle of dēprimō (“to press down, to weigh down”), from dē- (“off, away, down, out”) + premō (“to press”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise

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