different between terrify vs depress
terrify
English
Alternative forms
- terrifie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French terrifier, from Latin terrificare
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t???fa?/
Verb
terrify (third-person singular simple present terrifies, present participle terrifying, simple past and past participle terrified)
- To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
- To menace or intimidate.
- (obsolete) To make terrible.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:frighten
Related terms
- terrible
- terrific
- terrifying
- terror
- terrorist
- terrorize
Translations
terrify From the web:
- what terrifies you
depress
English
Etymology
From Middle English depressen, from Old French depresser, from Latin d?pressus, perfect participle of d?prim? (“to press down, to weigh down”), from d?- (“off, away, down, out”) +? prem? (“to press”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??p??s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Verb
depress (third-person singular simple present depresses, present participle depressing, simple past and past participle depressed)
- To press down.
- To make depressed, sad or bored.
- (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
- To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
Synonyms
- downbear
Derived terms
Translations
References
- depress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- depress in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- pressed, spersed
depress From the web:
- what depression feels like
- what depression looks like
- what depression
- what depression does to the brain
- what depression looks like meme
- what depression do i have
- what depression feels like quotes
- what depression is like
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