press

press

Usage

  • suppress

    When something is suppressed, it is blocked from occurring or kept contained in some way.

  • impress

    When you impress someone, you do something so well that they think it’s really good and praise you for it.

  • depress

    Something that depresses someone makes them sad and disappointed with life; they often don’t want to do anything because of it.

  • express

    When you express your thoughts or feelings about something, you talk or write about them.

  • compress

    make more compact by or as if by pressing

  • compression

    an increase in the density of something

  • depression

    a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

  • expressive

    characterized by expression

  • expressly

    with specific intentions

  • impression

    a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

  • impressionable

    easily impressed or influenced

  • inexpressible

    defying expression

  • irrepressible

    impossible to repress or control

  • oppressive

    weighing heavily on the senses or spirit

  • pressure

    to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"

  • pressurize

    increase the pressure on a gas or liquid

  • repress

    put down by force or intimidation

  • repressiveness

    the state of putting limits upon something using force

  • suppression

    the failure to develop some part or organ

  • unimpressive

    not capable of impressing

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