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Synonyms:
- discourage, discredit, abase, light, begin, humiliate, bring low, animate, devastate, crush, scrunch, attenuate, wound, downgrade, oppress, dampen, upset, pervert, write down, dull, demoralise, dent, get off, swallow, deepen, distress, dismay, bounce back, disgrace, press down, darken, debase, reduce, happy, compress, disturb, subvert, glower, climb, increase, cast down, throw, avert, squeeze, turn down, unhorse, check, sink, set down, bear, bar, put down, squash, hamper, dissuade, alarm, throttle, money, throw down, frustrate, horrify, submerge, daunt, stimulate, devaluate, curb, intimidate, start out, burden, encourage, mark down, get, deaden, hang over, plunge, break, write off, corrupt, stifle, get down, damp, restrain, deprave, deject, drop, dispirit, frown, disincline, lour, shorten, cap, press, flatten, shove, set out, weigh, sadden, take down, appal, prostrate, capping, profane, desolate, beat down, lower, nip, chill, inhibit, paralyze, decrease, impede, debauch, bring down, set about, rub, deter, appall, depreciate, worry, degrade, start, misdirect, let down, weary, admonish, hinder, dash, mortify, deflect, prevent, weigh down, divert, commence, rise, dishearten, bargain, devalue, cheapen, de-motivate, bum, ban, vitiate, stab, derail, demoralize, dishonor, humble, grind, dismount, appraise, bottom out, cow
Examples:
- - " My Lady returned to Sir James, who, on being informed of her unsuccessful application, said- 'It is not more, Mrs. Booyers, than I expected from the well- known character of his Lordship and his sons: but let not this disappointment of your wishes rather than your hopes depress you. - "The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. I", Sophia Reeve
- - Upon this, Lysander thought fit to come and speak with him; and a brief laconic dialogue passed between them as follows: " Truly, you know very well, O Agesilaus, how to depress your friends;" " Those friends," replied he, " who would be greater than myself; but those who increase my power, it is just should share in it." - "Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans", Clough, Arthur Hugh
- - But why should I sadden and depress the hearts of a good natered public? - "Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife", Marietta Holley
Antonyms:
- boost, amplify, aggrandize, overestimate, overprice, blow up, augment, soothe, hearten, rejoice, buoy, multiply, stimulate, dilate, uplift, inspire, pick up, exalt, advance, console, raise, please, comfort, escalate, increase, intoxicate, appreciate, add, lift, brighten, mark up, overrate, dignify, excite, maximize, elevate, lighten, delight, gladden, encourage, upgrade, cheer, enlarge, enhance, reassure, gratify, enliven, elate, swell, exhilarate, extend, expand, animate, inflate, invigorate, up, compound, assure, heighten, overvalue, honor, solace, lift up, balloon, promote, bloat
