Antonyms for depress
dɪˈprɛsde·press

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1. depress

   Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.

   Antonyms:
   advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift

   Synonyms:
   abase, bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, reduce, sink

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1. depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoraliseverb

   lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

   "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"

   Antonyms:
   uplift, intoxicate, lift up, elate, pick up

   Synonyms:
   start, write down, unhorse, bring down, set about, get, begin, get off, deprave, lower, demoralise, commence, misdirect, dispirit, get down, debase, dismay, demoralize, profane, appal, swallow, horrify, alarm, subvert, vitiate, take down, set down, dismount, put down, press down, let down, cast down, debauch, appall, deject, pervert, start out, light, corrupt, set out

2. depressverb

   lower (prices or markets)

   "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"

   Antonyms:
   elate, lift up, pick up, intoxicate, uplift

   Synonyms:
   demoralise, deject, lower, press down, dispirit, get down, demoralize, dismay, cast down

3. lower, depressverb

   cause to drop or sink

   "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"

   Antonyms:
   uplift, pick up, intoxicate, lift up, elate

   Synonyms:
   glower, bring down, dismay, let down, take down, frown, dispirit, lower, lour, deject, demoralise, get down, press down, demoralize, cast down, turn down

4. press down, depressverb

   press down

   "Depress the space key"

   Antonyms:
   pick up, lift up, intoxicate, elate, uplift

   Synonyms:
   deject, lower, press down, dispirit, get down, demoralise, demoralize, dismay, cast down

5. depressverb

   lessen the activity or force of

   "The rising inflation depressed the economy"

   Antonyms:
   elate, uplift, intoxicate, lift up, pick up

   Synonyms:
   demoralise, deject, lower, press down, dispirit, get down, demoralize, dismay, cast down

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How to use depress in a sentence?

1. Ashlyn Brena:

   Never live your life to impress or depress but lead your life to success.

2. jimmy haigler:

   my life is enough to depress the entire universe but I'm the only one living it

3. Laurence Wormald:

   Crowding and herding is the big problem with smart-beta, the illusion of being able to permanently depress the risk on equities through smart-beta or minimum-variance strategies has been very, very appealing, and a lot of money has piled in, but that delusion cannot be kept up because it's based on a strategy that doesn't work when the crowd arrives.

4. Jitse Groen:

   Interesting way of trying to depress our share price.

5. Daniel Silver:

   The snowstorms ... may depress payrolls modestly, likely by less than 10,000 jobs.

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