Antonyms for depress


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-pres
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈprɛs


Definition of depress

Origin :
  • early 14c., "put down by force," from Old French depresser, from Late Latin depressare, frequentative of Latin deprimere "press down," from de- "down" (see de-) + premere "to press" (see press (v.1)).
  • Meaning "push down physically" is from early 15c.; that of "deject, make gloomy" is from 1620s; economic sense of "lower in value" is from 1878. Related: Depressed; depressing.
  • verb deject, make despondent; exhaust
  • verb devalue
  • verb push down
Example sentences :
  • They may be necessary—as buffers—but they depress us by their dulness.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • It only needed a great shock to depress him to make his case hopeless.
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever
  • Wade did not depress the muzzle, if I recollect aright, at all.
  • Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
  • Her manner at the same time seemed to depress him and yet to fill him with hope.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Alone of all superiors, the saint does not depress the human dignity of others.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of England » by G. K. Chesterton
  • That truth should not comfort the conservative nor depress the radical.
  • Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
  • Not even the fact that there were no caddies left and I had to carry my own clubs could depress me.
  • Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne
  • This misfortune, however, could not depress my youthful spirits.
  • Extract from : « The Oriental Story Book » by Wilhelm Hauff
  • But the sight, though it awes us, does not depress us or deter us.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Nature » by Francis Younghusband
  • An effort not to depress or discourage others may be right and my duty.
  • Extract from : « Robert Orange » by John Oliver Hobbes

Synonyms for depress

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