Antonyms for de-pressing
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : dih-pres-ing |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈprɛs ɪŋ |
- abet
- achieve
- activate
- admire
- advance
- advantageous
- aggravate
- agitate
- agree
- agreeable
- aid
- allow
- amplify
- animate
- answer
- appease
- approve
- arrange
- ascend
- assist
- assuage
- assure
- attractive
- auspicious
- be happy
- be loyal
- beautiful
- benefit
- blessed
- bloom
- blow up
- boil
- boost
- bore
- brave
- break
- bright
- brighten
- brilliant
- build
- build up
- bury
- calm
- calming
- cheer
- cheerful
- cheering
- cherish
- clarify
- clean
- clear
- clear up
- clothed
- colorful
- comfort
- comforting
- commend
- complete
- compliment
- comply
- compose
- conceal
- construct
- continue
- convenient
- cool
- cooperate
- cover
- covered
- create
- credit
- cure
- delay
- delicate
- delight
- delighted
- delightful
- develop
- discourage
- dislike
- displace
- dissuade
- distinct
- do
- downpour
- dry
- ease
- easy
- elated
- elevate
- encourage
- encouraging
- energize
- enhance
- enlarge
- enlighten
- enliven
- erect
- esteem
- eventful
- exalt
- excite
- exciting
- exhilarate
- exhilarating
- exit
- expand
- explain
- extend
- extroverted
- facile
- facilitate
- fail
- favorable
- fight
- fill
- finish
- fire up
- fix
- flatter
- float
- flush
- fortunate
- forward
- free
- friendly
- further
- gain value
- gentle
- give
- give up
- glad
- gladden
- go
- go up
- good
- great
- grow
- halt
- happy
- heal
- hearten
- heartening
- heat
- heighten
- help
- helpful
- hide
- hinder
- hold
- honor
- hopeful
- hot
- ignore
- improve
- incite
- increase
- indefinite
- indulge
- inflate
- inoffensive
- inspire
- inspiring
- inspirit
- inspiriting
- intelligent
- intensify
- interesting
- invigorate
- joyful
- keep
- kind
- laud
- laze
- leave alone
- lengthen
- let go
- liberate
- lift
- light
- lively
- locate
- lose
- lucky
- lull
- luminous
- magnify
- maintain
- make happy
- make uneven
- mend
- mild
- misunderstand
- mobilize
- mollify
- mount
- neglect
- nice
- not get
- not worry
- obey
- OK
- open
- optimistic
- order
- organize
- outgoing
- overrate
- overvalue
- pacify
- permit
- placate
- pleasant
- please
- pleasing
- pour
- praise
- prolong
- promote
- pull
- purify
- pursue
- push
- push up
- quiet
- raise
- rate
- reassure
- recommend
- refresh
- release
- relieve
- relieving
- remain
- remove
- repair
- repress
- respect
- responsive
- rest
- retard
- retreat
- right
- rise
- rise above
- round
- safe
- satisfactory
- satisfy
- settling
- slow
- smart
- sociable
- soothe
- soothing
- sort
- spur on
- stimulate
- stop
- straighten
- strengthen
- stretch
- strong
- succeed
- sunny
- support
- suppress
- surrender
- sympathetic
- take up
- tell truth
- temperate
- tranquilize
- trivial
- unaffecting
- unburden
- uncompress
- underwhelm
- unimportant
- upgrade
- uphold
- uplift
- validate
- wait
- warm
- welcome
- white
- win
- withdraw
- wonderful
- worthwhile
- yield
Definition of de-pressing
Origin :- early 14c., "put down by force," from Old French depresser, from Late Latin depressare, frequentative of Latin deprimere "press down," from de- "down" (see de-) + premere "to press" (see press (v.1)).
- Meaning "push down physically" is from early 15c.; that of "deject, make gloomy" is from 1620s; economic sense of "lower in value" is from 1878. Related: Depressed; depressing.
- As in joyless : adj unhappy
- As in oppressive : adj overwhelming, repressive
- As in awful : adj very bad; terrible
- As in sad : adj unfortunate, distressing
- As in stark : adj bare, unadorned
- As in uninteresting : adj boring, uneventful
- As in disappointing : adj unsatisfactory
- As in disturbing : adj disquieting
- As in black : adj hopeless
- As in lugubrious : adj melancholy
- As in demoralizing : adj disheartening
- As in chill : adj unfriendly, aloof
- As in perturbing : adj disturbing
- As in troublous : adj disturbing
- As in unsettling : adj disturbing
- As in upsetting : adj disturbing
- As in depressing : adj discouraging, upsetting
- As in dim : adj unfavorable with regard to opinion
- As in dire : adj terrible, ominous
- As in discouraging : adj upsetting
- As in dismal : adj bleak, dreary, gloomy
- As in dreary : adj gloomy, lifeless
- As in indent : verb make a space; push in slightly
- As in let down : verb disappoint
- As in lower : verb let down; fall
- As in lower : verb belittle, disgrace
- As in press : verb push on with force
- As in press : verb pressure, trouble
- As in push : verb thrust, press with force
- As in reduce : verb make less; decrease
- As in sink : verb fall in, go under
- As in subvert : verb rebel, destroy
- As in tire : verb exhaust, weary
- As in vex : verb distress, bother
- As in weaken : verb reduce the strength of
- As in weary : verb make tired
- As in worry : verb be or make anxious, troubled
- As in worsen : verb diminish, decay
- As in burden : verb encumber, strain
- As in devaluate : verb depreciate
- As in chill : verb discourage
- As in lade : verb charge
- As in submerse : verb sink
- As in dampen : verb spoil spirits
- As in deaden : verb diminish, muffle, quiet
- As in deflate : verb reduce or cause to contract
- As in depreciate : verb devalue, lose value
- As in depress : verb deject, make despondent; exhaust
- As in depress : verb devalue
- As in depress : verb push down
- As in dig : verb delve into; hollow out
- As in discourage : verb dishearten, dispirit
- As in disgrace : verb bring shame upon
- As in distress : verb worry, upset
- As in disturb : verb bother, upset
- As in droop : verb hang down; languish
- As in drop : verb let go of; fall
- As in flatten : verb level out
- As in freeze : verb stop
- As in frustrate : verb thwart, disappoint
- As in humiliate : verb embarrass, put down
Synonyms for de-pressing
- abandon
- abase
- abash
- abate
- abominable
- abrade
- abridge
- accelerate
- adulterate
- afflict
- afflictive
- aggravate
- aggravating
- aggrieve
- agitate
- agitating
- agonize
- ail
- alarm
- alarming
- allay
- alleviate
- amaze
- anesthetize
- anger
- annoy
- annoying
- annul
- appall
- appalling
- arid
- arouse
- arrest
- assail
- astound
- atrocious
- attack
- attaint
- au naturel
- austere
- awe
- awful
- backbreaking
- bad
- badger
- baffle
- bald
- balk
- banal
- bankrupt
- bant
- bar
- barren
- base
- bash
- be at
- be on one's case
- bear down
- bear down on
- bear heavily
- beat
- beat down
- bedevil
- beg
- beleaguer
- bemean
- bend
- benumb
- beset
- besiege
- besmirch
- big yawn
- bite one's nails
- bitter
- black
- blah
- bleak
- blister
- block
- blot
- blue
- blunt
- bore
- boring
- bother
- bothersome
- break
- break one's heart
- break up
- bring down
- bring low
- bromidic
- brood
- brutal
- budge
- bug
- bulldoze
- bully
- bum out
- bump
- burden
- burdensome
- burn out
- burn up
- burrow
- bush
- butt
- buttonhole
- calamitous
- cancel
- capsize
- cast down
- cat
- cataclysmic
- catastrophic
- cause ennui
- cave in
- chafe
- chagrin
- channel
- chaste
- chasten
- cheapen
- check
- cheerless
- chill
- chloroform
- chop
- circumvent
- clasp
- clean
- clear
- clip
- cloud
- cloudy
- cloy
- cold
- collapse
- colorless
- come at
- comfortless
- common
- commonplace
- compel
- complicate
- compress
- concave
- concern oneself
- condense
- condescend
- confining
- confound
- confront
- confuse
- conquer
- consequential
- constrain
- consume
- contaminate
- contract
- cool
- corrode
- corrupt
- couch
- counter
- counteract
- cow
- cramp
- cramp one's style
- crawl
- creepy
- crimp
- cripple
- crowd
- cruel
- crumble
- crush
- crush against
- cumber
- curb
- curtail
- cushion
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- cut down to size
- damage
- damp
- dampen
- dampening
- dangle
- dark
- darken
- dash
- dash one's hope
- daunt
- daunting
- deaden
- debase
- debilitate
- decay
- decline
- decrease
- decry
- deepen
- defame
- defeat
- defile
- deflate
- degenerate
- degrade
- deign
- deject
- dejected
- dejecting
- demand
- demanding
- demean
- demit
- demolish
- demoralize
- denigrate
- dent
- deny
- deplorable
- deprave
- deprecate
- depreciate
- depress
- depressant
- depressed
- depressing
- depressive
- deprive
- deride
- derogate
- descend
- desecrate
- desensitize
- desolate
- despair
- despondent
- despotic
- destroy
- deteriorate
- deterring
- detrude
- devalorize
- devalue
- devitalize
- dictatorial
- diet
- difficult
- dig
- dig down
- dilute
- dim
- diminish
- dingy
- dint
- dip
- dire
- disadvantageous
- disagreeable
- disappear
- disappointing
- disapproving
- disastrous
- discombobulate
- discomfit
- discomforting
- discommoding
- discompose
- discomposing
- disconcerting
- discount
- discountenance
- discourage
- discouraging
- discover
- discredit
- disenchant
- disfavor
- disgrace
- disgust
- disgusting
- dish it out
- dish out
- dishearten
- disheartening
- dishonor
- disillusion
- disintegrate
- dismal
- dismay
- dismaying
- disparage
- dispirit
- dispirited
- dispiriting
- displease
- displeasing
- disquiet
- disquieting
- disregard
- disrespect
- disrupt
- disruptive
- dissatisfy
- dissuading
- distant
- distasteful
- distract
- distress
- distressful
- distressing
- disturb
- dive
- do a number on
- dog
- doleful
- dolorous
- dope
- dour
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downgrade
- downplay
- drab
- drag
- dragged
- drain
- dreadful
- dreary
- dredge
- drill
- drive
- droop
- droopy
- drop
- drown
- drowse
- dry
- duck
- dull
- dump
- dump on
- dun
- dusty
- dwindle
- ease up
- eat
- ebb
- elbow
- embarrass
- embarrassing
- embrace
- emotionless
- empty
- encumber
- enervate
- enfeeble
- enfold
- engulf
- enjoin
- ennui
- enter
- entreat
- erode
- etherize
- even out
- exacerbate
- exacting
- exasperate
- excavate
- excite
- exert
- exhaust
- exhort
- exhume
- exigent
- expel
- express
- extinguish
- fade
- fag
- fail
- failing
- faint
- fall
- fall down
- fall off
- fall short
- falling short
- fatigue
- fatiguing
- faze
- fearful
- feel uneasy
- fell
- fierce
- finish
- fix
- flag
- flat
- flatten
- floor
- flop
- flounder
- flush
- fluster
- foil
- fold
- forbid
- force
- force down
- foreboding
- forestall
- fork out
- forlorn
- formal
- forsaken
- foul up
- founder
- freeze
- freight
- fret
- frighten
- frightening
- frightful
- frigid
- frowning
- frustrate
- frustrating
- funeral
- funereal
- gall
- gas
- get
- get in one's hair
- get to
- get under one's skin
- get worse
- ghastly
- give a bad time
- give a black eye
- give a hard time
- give it to
- give out
- give the run around
- give up
- give way
- glacial
- gloomy
- glum
- glut
- gnaw at
- go down
- go downhill
- go for
- go into
- go on a diet
- go stale
- go to the bottom
- goad
- gore
- gouge
- grade
- grate on
- grave
- grieve
- grievous
- grim
- grinding
- grody
- gross
- ground
- grow tired
- grow weary
- grub
- gruesome
- grungy
- halt
- hamper
- handicap
- hang up
- hapless
- harass
- harassing
- hard
- harrowing
- harry
- harsh
- harvest
- hassle
- hateful
- have had enough
- have qualms
- have the blahs
- headache
- heart-rending
- heartbreaking
- heavy
- heavy-handed
- hector
- hefty
- hideous
- high pressure
- hinder
- hindering
- ho hum
- hoe
- hold
- hold up
- hollow
- hopeless
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrid
- horrific
- horrifying
- hostile
- hound
- hug
- humble
- humdrum
- humiliate
- hurt
- hush
- hustle
- icy
- immerse
- impair
- impede
- impeding
- impel
- implore
- importune
- impoverish
- in the pits
- inadequate
- inauspicious
- incapacitate
- inconvenient
- indifferent
- ineffective
- inferior
- infuriate
- inhibit
- inhuman
- injure
- inopportune
- insipid
- insist on
- insufficient
- interfere
- interrupt
- intimidate
- intrude
- intrusive
- invalidate
- invert
- investigate
- irk
- irksome
- iron
- iron out
- ironhanded
- irritate
- irritating
- jade
- jag
- jam
- jejune
- jostle
- joyless
- keel over
- keep under
- knock
- knock down
- knock out
- KO
- laborious
- lachrymose
- lade
- lame
- lamentable
- languish
- launch
- lay
- lay low
- lay out
- lean
- lean on
- leave in lurch
- leave one cold
- leave stranded
- lessen
- let down
- level
- libel
- lick
- lie on
- limp
- load
- loll
- lonely
- lonesome
- loosen
- lop
- lose
- lose face
- lose interest
- lose spirit
- lose weight
- low
- lower
- lowering
- lugubrious
- make a fool of
- make ashamed
- make discontented
- make heavy
- make it tough for
- make lower
- make one's way
- make uneasy
- mangle
- mark
- mark down
- mash
- mass
- mean
- mediocre
- melancholic
- melancholy
- miff
- mine
- minimize
- miserable
- mitigate
- mock
- moderate
- molest
- monotonous
- mopey
- morbid
- morose
- mortify
- mournful
- move
- moving
- mow down
- muddle
- muffle
- murky
- muscle
- mute
- nag
- naked
- nasty
- nauseate
- needle
- negate
- nettle
- neutralize
- nick
- nit-pick
- nose-dive
- notch
- nothing
- nowhere
- nude
- nudge
- nullify
- numb
- nutshell
- obligate
- obstruct
- obviate
- off-putting
- offend
- offensive
- ominous
- onerous
- oppress
- oppressing
- oppressive
- outrage
- outwit
- overawe
- overbearing
- overburden
- overcast
- overcharge
- overcome
- overload
- overstrain
- overtax
- overthrow
- overturn
- overwhelm
- overwork
- pack
- pain
- painful
- pall
- pan
- paralyze
- pare
- pathetic
- pauperize
- pedestrian
- peeve
- peg
- penetrate
- perplex
- perplexing
- persecute
- perturb
- perturbing
- pervert
- pessimistic
- pester
- peter out
- petition
- pick on
- pierce
- pile
- pin down
- pink
- pique
- pit
- pitch
- pitiable
- pitiful
- plague
- plain
- plane
- plaster
- play down
- plead
- plummet
- plump
- plunge
- poignant
- poison
- poke
- poop out
- portentous
- pour it on
- preclude
- press
- press down
- pressure
- pressurize
- prevent
- probe
- produce
- prohibit
- propel
- prophetic
- prosaic
- prostrate
- prosy
- provoke
- provoking
- pull down
- puncture
- push
- push buttons
- push down
- put down
- put out
- put out of countenance
- put out of order
- put the arm on
- put to shame
- put to sleep
- puzzle
- quarry
- quieten
- rabbet
- rack
- railroad
- ram
- rasp
- rattle
- raunchy
- raw
- raze
- rebate
- recede
- redoubtable
- reduce
- reduce to tears
- regress
- regrettable
- relapse
- relax
- release
- relinquish
- render null and void
- repress
- repressing
- reproach
- repulsive
- reserved
- rest on
- restrain
- retard
- retrograde
- retrogress
- reverse
- ride
- ridicule
- rile
- rip
- roll
- roll back
- root
- root out
- rot
- rough going
- rouse
- rout
- routine
- ruffle
- ruin
- ruinous
- run
- run down
- rut
- sabotage
- sad
- sadden
- saddening
- saddle
- saddle with
- sag
- sap
- scale down
- scallop
- scare
- scoop
- scoop out
- score
- scorn
- scowling
- scrunch
- scuttle
- search
- sell
- serious
- serrate
- set
- set down
- settle
- severe
- shabby
- shadowy
- shake
- shake up
- shame
- shave
- shed
- shift
- shipwreck
- shocking
- shoot
- shoot down
- shorten
- shoulder
- shove
- shovel
- shrink
- sicken
- sift
- sinister
- sink
- skeptical
- slam
- slander
- slash
- slide
- slim
- sling
- slip
- slope
- slouch
- slow
- slow down
- slump
- slur
- smash
- smear
- smoosh
- smooth
- smother
- snow
- snow under
- snub
- soften
- solitary
- somber
- sombre
- soporific
- sorrowful
- sorry
- spade
- spread out
- squash
- squeeze
- squish
- stab
- stain
- stale
- standoffish
- startle
- startling
- steam
- steamroll
- step down
- stew
- stick
- stick it to
- stifle
- stigmatize
- stinking
- stir
- stony
- stoop
- straighten
- strain
- strap
- stress
- stripped
- strong-arm
- stuff
- stump
- stun
- stupefy
- stupid
- stymie
- subdue
- submerge
- subside
- sue
- sully
- superincumbent
- supersede
- supplant
- supplicate
- suppress
- suspend
- suspicious
- swamp
- sweat out
- synthetic
- taint
- take down
- take down a peg
- take it out of
- take off weight
- take on
- tantalize
- taper
- taper off
- tar and feather
- tarnish
- tax
- taxing
- tear
- tear down
- tear-jerking
- tearful
- tease
- tedious
- temper
- tenebrous
- terrific
- test
- thin
- thin out
- threatening
- throw cold water on
- thrust
- tick off
- till
- tip over
- tire
- tire out
- tired
- tiresome
- toilsome
- tone down
- topple
- torment
- torture
- totter
- touch bottom
- tough
- tragic
- trample
- tremble
- trim
- trite
- trouble
- troublesome
- troubling
- troublous
- truncate
- try
- try the patience of
- trying
- tucker out
- tumble
- tunnel
- turn down
- turn off
- turn one off
- turn over
- tyrannical
- ugly
- uncertain
- unclad
- unclothed
- uncompanionable
- uncover
- uncovered
- undermine
- underrate
- undervalue
- undraped
- unearth
- unemotional
- unenjoyable
- unentertaining
- uneventful
- unexciting
- unfavorable
- unfortunate
- unfulfilling
- ungenial
- unhappy
- unhinge
- uninspiring
- uninteresting
- unjust
- unload
- unnerve
- unpleasant
- unpromising
- unpropitious
- unresponsive
- unsatisfactory
- unsatisfying
- unsettle
- unsettling
- unsightly
- unwelcoming
- unwrinkle
- upset
- upset the applecart
- upsetting
- urge
- vacant
- vacuous
- vanquish
- vex
- vexing
- vitiate
- void
- wane
- water down
- weaken
- wear
- wear down
- wear out
- wearisome
- weary
- weigh
- weigh down
- weight
- weighty
- wilt
- wince
- wind down
- windy
- wintry
- withdrawn
- wither
- woebegone
- woeful
- woful
- work on
- worrisome
- worry
- worrying
- worsen
- wound
- wreck
- wretched
- write down
- write off
- writhe
- wrong
- yawn
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