Dejected vs Depress - What's the difference?
dejected | depress |
(deject)
To press down.
To make depressed, sad or bored.
To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
(math) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
As verbs the difference between dejected and depress
is that dejected is (deject) while depress is to press down.As an adjective dejected
is sad and dispirited.dejected
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Synonyms
* disheartened, down in the mouth * despondentAntonyms
* hopefulDerived terms
* dejectedlyVerb
(head)depress
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Verb
(es)- Depress the upper lever to start the machine.
- Winter depresses me.
- Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.