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depress
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deject, make despondent; exhaust |
| Synonyms: | abase, afflict, ail, bear down, beat, beat down, bother, bug*, bum out, cast down, chill*, cow*, damp, dampen, darken, daunt, debase, debilitate, degrade, desolate, devitalize, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, distress, disturb, drag*, drain, dull, enervate, faze, keep under, lower, mock, mortify, oppress, perturb, press, put down*, reduce, reduce to tears, run down, sadden, sap*, scorn, slow, throw cold water on, torment, trouble, try, turn one off, upset, weaken, weary, weigh down |
| Antonyms: | cheer, comfort, encourage, excite, lift, make happy, stimulate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | depress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push down |
| Synonyms: | couch, demit, dip, droop, flatten, let down, level, lower, press down, settle, sink, smoosh, squash |
| Antonyms: | push up, raise, uplift |
| Main Entry: | depressing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discouraging, upsetting |
| Synonyms: | black, bleak, daunting, dejecting, disheartening, dismal, dispiriting, distressing, dreary, funereal, gloomy, heartbreaking, hopeless, joyless, melancholic, melancholy, mournful, oppressive, sad, saddening, somber |
| Antonyms: | cheering, encouraging, happy |
| Main Entry: | awful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very bad; terrible |
| Synonyms: | abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, deplorable, depressing, dire, disgusting, distressing, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grody, gross*, gruesome, grungy, harrowing, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrific, horrifying, nasty, offensive, raunchy, repulsive, shocking, stinking, synthetic, tough, ugly, unpleasant, unsightly |
| Antonyms: | beautiful, good, ok, pleasing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | black |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeless |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, bleak, depressing, depressive, dismal, dispiriting, distressing, doleful, dreary, foreboding, funereal, gloomy, horrible, lugubrious, mournful, ominous, oppressive, sad, sinister, sombre, threatening |
| Antonyms: | hopeful, optimistic |
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encumber, strain |
| Synonyms: | afflict, bear down on, bother, crush, cumber, depress, dish it out, dish out, dump on, encumber, give it to, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, lade, load, make heavy, obligate, oppress, overcharge, overload, overwhelm, pile, press, saddle with, snow under, snow*, stick it to, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, weigh down, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, relieve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chill |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfriendly, aloof |
| Synonyms: | cool, depressing, discouraging, dismal, dispiriting, distant, emotionless, formal, frigid, glacial, hateful, hostile, icy, indifferent, reserved, solitary, standoffish, stony, uncompanionable, unemotional, ungenial, unhappy, unresponsive, unwelcoming, wintry, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | friendly, responsive, sympathetic, warm |
| Main Entry: | chill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discourage |
| Synonyms: | cloud, dampen, dash, deject, demoralize, depress, dishearten, dismay, disparage, dispirit |
| Antonyms: | encourage, hearten, incite, inspirit |
| Main Entry: | dampen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spoil spirits |
| Synonyms: | allay, check, chill, cloud, cool, curb, dash, deaden, deject, depress, diminish, discourage, dismay, dispirit, dull, humble, inhibit, moderate, muffle, mute, restrain, stifle |
| Antonyms: | brighten, encourage, hearten, inspirit, uplift |
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