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dampen |
to restrain or depress. [1/3 definitions] |
deject |
to cause to feel low in spirit; discourage, dishearten, or depress. |
depressive |
tending to depress. [1/3 definitions] |
depressor |
a medical instrument used to depress a body part such as the tongue. [1/3 definitions] |
dishearten |
to depress or destroy the hope or confidence of; discourage; dispirit. |
dispirit |
to take the spirit out of; discourage; depress. |
player piano |
an automatic piano that plays by means of a perforated paper roll that signals a pneumatic mechanism to depress the keys. |
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