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)

  1. To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
  2. To menace or intimidate.
  3. (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)

  1. To press down.
  2. To make depressed, sad or bored.
  3. (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
  4. To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
  5. (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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