depressing
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depressing
- /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)/ UK
- /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/ US
adjective more depressing · most depressing
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Causing depression or sadness.
The television news was depressing, so rather than start crying I turned it off.
Similar: distressing, saddening, unpleasant, atrabiliary, atrabilious, deplorable, depressing, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, miserable, lamentable
- Causing a reduction in economic activity. The policy may have a depressing effect on some branches of industry.
Similar: grim
verb
- present participle and gerund of depress
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: depressive, disconsolate, saddening, cheerless, grim, sad, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, dark, uncheerful, blue, dreary, disheartened, tragic, disheartening
adjective
Similar: grim
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adj causing depression or sadness
| Español | deprimente |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 令人沮喪的 /令人沮丧的 lìngrén jǔsàng de |
| Português | deprimente |
| Français | déprimant |
| Deutsch | deprimierend, bedrückend |
| Italiano | deprimente |
| Ελληνικά | καταθλιπτικός katathliptikós |
| Русский | гнету́щий gnetúščij, тя́гостный tjágostnyj, уны́лый unýlyj, наводя́щий тоску́ navodjáščij toskú, депресси́вный depressívnyj, удруча́ющий udručájuščij |
| עברית | מדכא medake' |
Talk about this word "depressing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/depressing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. depressing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/depressing "depressing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/depressing.Cite this
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