depressing
/dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)/US/dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/
depressing adjective: causing depression or sadness. Also the present participle and gerund of depress.
Adjective
depressing (comparative more depressing, superlative most depressing)
- Causing depression or sadness.
- The television news was depressing, so rather than start crying I turned it off.
- Synonyms:
- distressing, saddening, unpleasant, atrabiliary, atrabilious, deplorable, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, miserable
- Causing a reduction in economic activity.
- The policy may have a depressing effect on some branches of industry.
Also used as
depressing is also the present participle and gerund of depress.
depressing meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Odia and Thai
depressing in Marathi
- नैराश्य आणणारे
depressing in Urdu
- افسردہ کرنے والا
depressing in Odia
- ଅବସାଦଜନକ
depressing in Thai
- causing depression or sadness
- น่าหดหู่, น่าเศร้า
Examples of depressing in a sentence
- The truth turned out to be more depressing than we thought.
- Going back to the nine to five after the weekend can be depressing.
- Seaside resorts in the off-season are really depressing.
Synonyms of depressing
- distressing
- saddening
- unpleasant
- atrabiliary
- atrabilious
- deplorable
- grievous
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
- lamentable
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Forms of depressing
| comparative | more depressing |
|---|---|
| superlative | most depressing |
Words formed from depressing
Questions about depressing
- What does depressing mean?
- Depressing means causing depression or sadness.
- What is depressing in Marathi?
- Depressing in Marathi is नैराश्य आणणारे. See Depressing meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is depressing?
- Depressing is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce depressing?
- Depressing is pronounced /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)/ (UK).
Words near depressing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: depressing (page history and authors); depressing (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); depressing (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); depressing (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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