depresses

Verb

depress (third-person singular simple present depresses, present participle depressing, simple past and past participle depressed)

1. To press down.
   • Depress the upper lever to start the machine.

   Synonyms:

   downbear, squash

2. To make depressed, sad or bored.
   • Winter depresses me.

   Synonyms:

   deject, get down, aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grieve, pain, bring down

   Antonyms:

   cheer up

3. To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
   • Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.
4. To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).

   Synonyms:

   cut down to size, humiliate, put someone in their place, abase, bring down to size, debase, defame, degrade, demean, demote

5. To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.