Meaning
depress, discourage
- make someone feel sad or discouraged
- lower emotionally or morally
- reduce activity or intensity in technical use
In a sentence
Il brutto tempo mi deprime sempre.
Bad weather always depresses me.
Ti deprime lavorare da solo tutto il giorno?
Does working alone all day depress you?
Quella notizia non mi ha depresso troppo.
That news didn't depress me too much.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| deprimere | infinitive |
| deprimo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| deprimi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| deprime | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| deprimiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| deprimete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| deprimono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| deprimevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| deprimevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| deprimeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| deprimevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| deprimevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| deprimevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| depressi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| deprimesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| depresse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| deprimemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| deprimeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| deprimero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| deprimerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| deprimerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| deprimerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| deprimeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| deprimerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| deprimeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| deprima | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| deprima | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| deprima | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| deprimiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| deprimiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| deprimano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| deprimessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| deprimessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| deprimesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| deprimessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| deprimeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| deprimessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| deprimerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| deprimeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| deprimerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| deprimeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| deprimereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| deprimerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| deprimi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| deprimiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| deprimete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| deprimendo | gerund |
| depresso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Most common in personal use: qualcosa mi deprime.
- Often used reflexively as deprimersi = become depressed/discouraged.
- Not always clinical; often means simply 'bring someone down'.
- past participle depresso