depreciation
— Noun
– English
~ a decrease in price or value; "depreciation of the dollar against the yen"
depreciative
— Adjective
– English
~ tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"
depreciative
— Adjective
– English
~ tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value; "a depreciating currency"; "depreciatory effects on prices"
depreciator
— Noun
– English
~ one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
depreciatory
— Adjective
– English
~ tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value; "a depreciating currency"; "depreciatory effects on prices"
depreciatory
— Adjective
– English
~ tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"
depredation
— Noun
– English
~ an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
depredation
— Noun
– English
~ (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease"
depress
— Verb
– English
~ lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"
depress
— Verb
– English
~ lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
depress
— Verb
– English
~ press down; "Depress the space key"
depress
— Verb
– English
~ lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
depress
— Verb
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~ cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
depressant
— Adjective
– English
~ capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent
depressant
— Noun
– English
~ a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
depressed
— Adjective
– English
~ filled with melancholy and despondency; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
depressed
— Adjective
– English
~ lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down"
depressed
— Adjective
– English
~ flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
depressing
— Adjective
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~ causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"
depressingly
— Adverb
– English
~ in a depressing manner or to a depressing degree