| ADPRESSING | • adpressing v. Present participle of adpress. • ADPRESS v. to press together, also APPRESS. |
| APPRESSING | • appressing v. Present participle of appress. • APPRESS v. to press together, also ADPRESS. |
| DEPRESSING | • depressing adj. Causing depression or sadness. • depressing adj. Causing a reduction in economic activity. • depressing v. Present participle of depress. |
| DEPRESSION | • depression n. (Psychology, usually uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment… • depression n. (Psychology, countable) A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned… • depression n. (Geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings. |
| DEPRESSIVE | • depressive adj. Causing depression; dispiriting. • depressive adj. Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic. • depressive adj. Relating to or characteristic of depression. |
| ESPRESSIVO | • espressivo adv. (Music) To be played in an expressive manner. • ESPRESSIVO adv. (Italian) in an expressive way. |
| EXPRESSING | • expressing v. Present participle of express. • expressing adj. (Biochemistry) That translates or transcribes nucleic acid. • EXPRESS v. to set forth in words. |
| EXPRESSION | • expression n. The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc. • expression n. A particular way of phrasing an idea. • expression n. A colloquialism or idiom. |
| EXPRESSIVE | • expressive adj. Effectively conveying thought or feeling. • expressive n. (Linguistics) Any word or phrase that expresses (that the speaker, writer, or signer has) a certain… • expressive n. (Linguistics, more narrowly) A word or phrase, belonging to a distinct word class or having distinct… |
| IMPRESSING | • impressing v. Present participle of impress. • IMPRESS v. to fix deeply in the mind. |
| IMPRESSION | • impression n. The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another. • impression n. The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person. • impression n. A vague recalling of an event, a belief. |
| IMPRESSIVE | • impressive adj. Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress. • impressive adj. Capable of being impressed. • impressive adj. Appealing. |
| OPPRESSING | • oppressing v. Present participle of oppress. • OPPRESS v. to treat with tyrannical injustice. |
| OPPRESSION | • oppression n. The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. • oppression n. The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed. • oppression n. A feeling of being oppressed. |
| OPPRESSIVE | • oppressive adj. Burdensome or difficult to bear. • oppressive adj. Tyrannical or exercising unjust power. • oppressive adj. Weighing heavily on the spirit; intense, or overwhelming. |
| PRESSINGLY | • pressingly adv. With a sense of urgency, because it is very important. • pressingly adv. Importantly. Often used with more in this sense. • pressingly adv. With enthusiasm. With friendly encouragement. |
| REPRESSING | • repressing v. Present participle of repress. • repressing n. A second or subsequent pressing. • REPRESS v. to keep under control. |
| REPRESSION | • repression n. The act of repressing; state of being repressed. • repression n. The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses. • REPRESSION n. the act of repressing. |
| REPRESSIVE | • repressive adj. Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive. • REPRESSIVE adj. serving to repress. |