Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to depress
Participle: depressed
Gerund: depressing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | depress |
| you | depress |
| he;she;it | depresses |
| we | depress |
| you | depress |
| they | depress |
Perfect
| I | have depressed |
| you | have depressed |
| he;she;it | has depressed |
| we | have depressed |
| you | have depressed |
| they | have depressed |
Past
| I | depressed |
| you | depressed |
| he;she;it | depressed |
| we | depressed |
| you | depressed |
| they | depressed |
Pluperfect
| I | had depressed |
| you | had depressed |
| he;she;it | had depressed |
| we | had depressed |
| you | had depressed |
| they | had depressed |
Future
| I | will depress |
| you | will depress |
| he;she;it | will depress |
| we | will depress |
| you | will depress |
| they | will depress |
Future Perfect
| I | will have depressed |
| you | will have depressed |
| he;she;it | will have depressed |
| we | will have depressed |
| you | will have depressed |
| they | will have depressed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | depress |
| you | depress |
| he;she;it | depress |
| we | depress |
| you | depress |
| they | depress |
Perfect
| I | have depressed |
| you | have depressed |
| he;she;it | have depressed |
| we | have depressed |
| you | have depressed |
| they | have depressed |
Imperfect
| I | depressed |
| you | depressed |
| he;she;it | depressed |
| we | depressed |
| you | depressed |
| they | depressed |
Pluperfect
| I | had depressed |
| you | had depressed |
| he;she;it | had depressed |
| we | had depressed |
| you | had depressed |
| they | had depressed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would depress |
| you | would depress |
| he;she;it | would depress |
| we | would depress |
| you | would depress |
| they | would depress |
Perfect
| I | would have depressed |
| you | would have depressed |
| he;she;it | would have depressed |
| we | would have depressed |
| you | would have depressed |
| they | would have depressed |
Imperative
| you | depress |
| we | Let's depress |
| you | depress |
Verbs conjugated like 'depress'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'depress'
repress,
adpress,
appress,
de-ess,
derepress,
destress,
digress,
dress,
duress,
egress,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- bring someone down
- abate, appease, pacify, soften, soothe, tranquilize
- to make ashamed; to destroy the self-possession of
- abase, bring low, debase, degrade, demean, disconcert, lower, mortify, put to shame, abash
- deject
- grieve, chill, weary, press, dampen, discourage, dishearten
- lower
- sink, dull, squash, drop, settle, dip, reduce, weaken
- cheapen
- devalue
- humble
- abase, reduce, abash, mortify, debase, mock, degrade, scorn
Antonyms
- lower
- raise, increase, elevate, heighten
- humble
- boastful, conceited, egotistical, haughty
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1325, from O.Fr. depresser, from L.L. depressare, freq. of L. deprimere "press down," from de- "down" + premere "to press" (see press (v.1)). Economic sense of depression is 1793, given a specific application in 1934 to the one that began worldwide in 1929; sense of "state of dejection" is c.1425; adopted 1905 as a clinical term in psychology. Depressant "sedative" is first attested 1876.
2. 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”).
Verbs referencing "depress"
Ido depresar.
Sample Sentences
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But to live,—to wear on, day after day, of mean, bitter, low, harassing servitude, every nerve dampened and depressed, every power of feeling gradually smothered,—this long and wasting heart-martyrdom, this slow, daily bleeding away of the inward life, drop by drop, hour after hour,—this is the true searching test [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)