Meaning

• To press down.

  "Depress the upper lever to start the machine."

• To make depressed, sad or bored.

  "Winter depresses me."

• To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.

  "Lower productivity will eventually depress wages."

• To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).

• To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.

Meaning

• Unhappy; despondent

• Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.