Disappointed vs Depress - What's the difference?
disappointed | depress |
Defeated of expectation or hope; let down.
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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 disappointed and depress
is that disappointed is (disappoint) while depress is to press down.As an adjective disappointed
is defeated of expectation or hope; let down.disappointed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed . I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.}}
Synonyms
* discomfited * foiled * frustrated * thwartedVerb
(head)depress
English
Verb
(es)- Depress the upper lever to start the machine.
- Winter depresses me.
- Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.