7 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
verb lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
verb lower (prices or markets)
verb cause to drop or sink
originFrom Middle English depressen, from Old French depresser, from Latin dēpressus, perfect participle of dēprimō (“to press down, to weigh down”), from dē- (“off, away, down, out”) + premō (“to press”).
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