depressing in English

adjective

1

causing or resulting in a feeling of miserable dejection.

that thought is too depressing for words

synonyms: upsetting, distressing, painful, heartbreaking, dismal, bleak, black, somber, gloomy, grave, unhappy, melancholy, sad, wretched, doleful, morbid, blue, gloomy, bleak, dreary, grim, drab, somber, dark, dingy, funereal, cheerless, joyless, comfortless, uninviting

verb

1

make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected.

that first day at school depressed me

synonyms: sadden, dispirit, cast down, get down, dishearten, demoralize, crush, shake, desolate, weigh down, oppress, upset, distress, grieve, haunt, harrow, give someone the blues

2

push or pull (something) down into a lower position.

depress the lever

synonyms: press, push, hold down, thumb, tap, operate, activate

adjective

upsetting, distressing, painful, heartbreaking, dismal, bleak, black, somber, gloomy, grave, unhappy, melancholy, sad, wretched, doleful, morbid, blue
gloomy, bleak, dreary, grim, drab, somber, dark, dingy, funereal, cheerless, joyless, comfortless, uninviting
uncheerful, cheerless

verb

sadden, slow down, reduce, press, demoralize, lower, press down
sadden, dispirit, cast down, get down, dishearten, demoralize, crush, shake, desolate, weigh down, oppress, upset, distress, grieve, haunt, harrow, give someone the blues
slow down, reduce, lower, weaken, impair, limit, check, inhibit, restrict
reduce, lower, cut, cheapen, keep down, discount, deflate, depreciate, devalue, diminish, ax, slash
press, push, hold down, thumb, tap, operate, activate
demoralize, dispirit, dismay, deject, cast down, get down
lower
press down

Use "depressing" in a sentence

1. That was depressing.

2. It's a depressing thought.

3. Laundromat is really depressing.

4. Yesterday'sunemployment figures were depressing.

5. It's pretty depressing, actually.

6. Isn't that place depressing?

7. Don't you find that depressing?

8. That was a depressing day.

9. Her letter made depressing reading.

10. The whole experience was very depressing.

11. My father's villa is beyond depressing.

12. I find this weather so depressing.

13. The film is alternately depressing and amusing.

14. We found it a deeply depressing experience.

15. I found the whole business very depressing.

16. His pessimism has the effect of depressing everyone.

17. The evidence around illiberal democracies is quite depressing.

18. Everywhere looks so grey and depressing in winter.

19. Paul grew tired of his drab, depressing life.

20. Living in Bootham these days can be depressing.

21. Adjective Cheerless places or weather are dull and depressing

22. The demonology that clinches the sale is deeply depressing.

23. It was a sepulchral place, altogether depressing and gloomy.

24. It was all so sad, so depressing, so futile.

25. The canteen made a perfect backdrop for depressing conversations.

26. I find the hopelessness of the situation very depressing.

27. With no hope of a holiday life's very depressing.

28. The park in winter is a depressing monochrome brown.

29. Barbiturates, which work by depressing the activity of the central …

30. 19 It was all so sad, so depressing, so futile.

31. Bummer: something (as a situation or event) that is depressing

32. 19 The canteen made a perfect backdrop for depressing conversations.

33. Angst: Means the story is a bit dark and depressing

34. ‘He wrote a series of Balzacian studies of depressing life.’

35. Bummers: something (as a situation or event) that is depressing

36. I'm sick of crashing at friends'places, and hotels are depressing.

37. The park in winter is a depressing monochrome brown. Sentencedict.com

38. Looking for a job these days can be very depressing.

39. It's depressing how many people there are chasing so few jobs.

40. Alice Munro has a reputation for being a very depressing writer.

41. It's depressing how much conformity there is in such young children.

42. 8 Everything was slathered over in a depressing dark green paint.

43. I find politics infinitely depressing: none of the parties appeal to me.

44. I find Buck's Fizz depressing ... or any music that expresses no humanity.

45. The same familiar faces reappear in the law courts with depressing regularity.

46. Once displayed, a number is dialled by depressing an auto dial key.

47. Mondays are stereotypically depressing, so we tend to recall the worst Mondays.

48. There is nothing more depressing than a seaside town in low season.

49. 56 synonyms for Cheerless: gloomy, dark, depressing, dull, grim, bleak, dismal, dreary, sombre

50. It's depressing, though, that we don't think of things like that, isn't it?