Hyphenation of depress

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word depress? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

de-press

Definitions of depress:

1.	Lower someone's spirits Make downhearted These news depressed her The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
2.	Lower (prices or markets) The glut of oil depressed gas prices
3.	Cause to drop or sink The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir
4.	Press down Depress the space key
5.	Lessen the activity or force of The rising inflation depressed the economy

Synonyms of depress:

verb	deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise, discourage
verb	lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
verb	lower, change, alter, modify
verb	press down, move, displace
verb	weaken

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.