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depressing

/dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/adjective3 syllables

Depressing means: causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy.

Synonyms for depressing26

adjective, as in causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

cheerless, uncheerful, blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary, somber, sombre, melancholy, joyless, unhappy

also used for depressing

distressing, saddening, unpleasant, atrabiliary, atrabilious, deplorable, grievous, heartbreaking

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Opposites of depressing

cheerful

What does depressing mean?1

adjective

1

causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy“the economic outlook is depressing”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with depressing?16

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Depressing in a sentence

  • Recently, you've been depressing to hang out with.CK
  • One was beautiful, intelligent and funny, and the other ugly, stupid and depressing.bonney12
  • There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.Hybrid
  • It was all the more depressing because it was raining.CK
  • For some reason it looks to be turning out to be a depressing week.unknown
  • It's depressing that all we can do is sit here and wait.CK
  • The economy of our country is in a depressing state.AlanF_US
  • I can't think of anything more depressing than that.CK

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