Hold down
, break someone's heart, bridle, activate, and exert pressure on
are synonyms for depress; encourage and raise are antonyms of depress. On this page, you will find 76 another word for depress.
76 Another Word for Depress
1. sadden
- Break someone's heart
- Break someone's spirit
- Bring tears to someone's eyes
- Cast down
- Cause suffering to
- Crush
- Dampen someone's spirits
- Dash someone's hopes
- Daunt
- Demoralize
- Desolate
- Discourage
- Dishearten
- Dispirit
- Distress
- Get down
- Give someone the blues
- Grieve
- Hang over
- Harrow
- Haunt
- Knock for six
- Knock sideways
- Knock the stuffing out of
- Make desolate
- Make despondent
- Make gloomy
- Make sad
- Make someone fed up
- Make someone's heart bleed
- Make unhappy
- Oppress
- Sadden
- Shake
- Upset
- Weigh down
- Weigh heavily on
- Deject
2. reduce
- Bridle
- Cheapen
- Check
- Curb
- Cut
- Deflate
- Depreciate
- Devalue
- Devitalize
- Diminish
- Discount
- Downgrade
- Impair
- Inhibit
- Keep down
- Limit
- Lower
- Mark down
- Put down
- Reduce
- Restrict
- Sap
- Slash
- Slow down
- Slow up
- Weaken
- Axe
3. lower
- Activate
- Exert pressure on
- Hold down
- Lower
- Operate
- Press (down)
- Push (down)
- Tap
- Thumb
- Actuate
Depress Sentences
"Don't let negativity depress your mood."
"Bad news can easily depress anyone."
"Heavy rain tends to depress me."
"They aim to depress market prices."