Depresses Depressed Dɪˈpres I Make Verb Bre Wet

• wet weather always depresses me.
• the prospect of staying single depressed her.
• what depresses me most is that i never see you.
• it depresses me to see so many young girls smoking.

depress

1. to make somebody sad and without enthusiasm or hope
• Wet weather always depresses me.
• The prospect of staying single depressed her.
• What depresses me most is that I never see you.
• It depresses me to see so many young girls smoking.
2. to make trade, business, etc. less active
• The recession has depressed the housing market.
3. to make the value of prices or wages lower
• to depress wages/prices
4. to press or push something down, especially part of a machine
• See related entries: How machines work
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/how_machines_work/depress
• to depress the clutch pedal (= when driving)

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they depress
• he / she / it depresses
• past simple depressed
• past participle depressed
• -ing form depressing

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French depresser, from late Latin depressare, frequentative of deprimere ‘press down’.