- Types Of Speech
- You can use depress as a verb in a sentence.
- About Depress
- A 2 syllables verb and 7 letters with the letters d, e, p, r, and s, 5 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter r. Depress starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, de, dep, depr, depre, and the ending characters are s, ss, ess, ress, press, . Depress is also a double consonant (ss) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Depress is set as a grade seven word that starts with d, ends with s, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 7 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is depress a scrabble word? A 10 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Depress in Pig Latin is said as "epressday or epressdway".
- Unigram
- d | e | p | r | e | s | s
- Bigram
- de | ep | pr | re | es | ss
- Trigram
- dep | epr | pre | res | ess
- Quadrigram
- depr | epre | pres | ress
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- lessen the activity or force of;
"The rising inflation depressed the economy" - press down;
"depress the space key" - cause to drop or sink;
"The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir" - lower someone's spirits;
make downhearted;
"These news depressed her";
"The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" - lower (prices or markets);
"The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abbreviate | shorten "Abbreviate `New York'' and write `NY''" |
| Abridge | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| Admonish | take to task "He admonished the child for his bad behavior" |
| Adulterate | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones "adulterate liquor" |
| Bear Down | |
| Bear Down On | |
| Beat Down | |
| Biff | (boxing) a blow with the fist "I gave him a clout on his nose" |
| Blackjack | a gambling game using cards the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the bank up to but not exceeding 21 |
| Bowdlerise | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate "bowdlerize a novel" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Depress
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Depress | lessen the activity or force of "The rising inflation depressed the economy" |
| Pressed | compacted by ironing |
View English words with the unique letters used in depress. Words With The Letters Deprs
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Weaken | become weaker "The prisoner''s resistance weakened after seven days" |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spread (6 letters) | 9 | 10 | spared | ||
| Pederasty (9 letters) | 15 +5 | 15 +4 | pederasty | ||
| Bedspread (9 letters) | 15 +5 | 17 +6 | bedspread | ||
| Spreader (8 letters) | 11 +1 | 12 +1 | spreader | ||
| Desperate (9 letters) | 12 +2 | 13 +2 | desperate | ||
| Pederast (8 letters) | 11 +1 | 12 +1 | pederast | ||
| Paederast (9 letters) | 12 +2 | 13 +2 | aadeeprst | ||
| Persuader (9 letters) | 12 +2 | 14 +3 | adeeprrsu | ||
| Pursued (7 letters) | 10 | 13 +2 | deprsuu | ||
| Speeder (7 letters) | 10 | 11 | speeder | ||
| Sverdrup (8 letters) | 14 +4 | 17 +6 | deprrsuv | ||
| Rapeseed (8 letters) | 11 +1 | 12 +1 | adeeeprs | ||
| Dress Up (8 letters) | |||||
| Depress (7 letters) | 10 | 11 | pressed | ||
| Persuade (8 letters) | 11 +1 | 13 +2 | persuade | ||
| Sceptered (9 letters) | 14 +4 | 16 +5 | cdeeeprst | ||
| Sceptred (8 letters) | 13 +3 | 15 +4 | sceptred | ||
| Spattered (9 letters) | 12 +2 | 13 +2 | spattered | ||
| Appressed (9 letters) | 14 +4 | 16 +5 | appressed | ||
| Adpressed (9 letters) | 13 +3 | 14 +3 | adpressed | ||
| Depressed (9 letters) | 13 +3 | 14 +3 | depressed | ||
| Separated (9 letters) | 12 +2 | 13 +2 | aadeeprst | ||
| Preserved (9 letters) | 15 +5 | 17 +6 | preserved | ||
| Expressed (9 letters) | 19 +9 | 20 +9 | expressed | ||
| Usurped (7 letters) | 10 | 13 +2 | deprsuu |
Depress Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With S
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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