Verb

• S: (v) depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise (lower someone's spirits; make downhearted) "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
• S: (v) depress (lower (prices or markets)) "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
• S: (v) lower, depress (cause to drop or sink) "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
• S: (v) press down, depress (press down) "Depress the space key"
• S: (v) depress (lessen the activity or force of) "The rising inflation depressed the economy"