de·press·ing (d -pr s ng)adj. 1. Causing especially emotional depression. 2. Dismal; dreary: a week of rainy, depressing weather. de·press ing·ly adv. |
depressing [dɪˈprɛsɪŋ]
adj
(Psychology) causing a feeling of dejection or low spirits
depressingly adv
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| Adj. | 1. |  depressing - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"unhappy - experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad" joyless - not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings" cheerful - being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be" |
depressing
adjective bleak, black, sad, distressing, discouraging, gloomy, daunting, hopeless, dismal, melancholy, dreary, harrowing, saddening, sombre, heartbreaking, dispiriting, disheartening, funereal, dejecting the depressing thought of his mother's death
Translations
depressing
adj → deprimierend, bedrückend; these figures make depressing reading → es ist deprimierend, diese Zahlen zu lesen
depressing [dɪˈprɛsɪŋ] adj → deprimente, demoralizzante
depressing [dɪˈprɛsɪŋ] adj → deprimente, demoralizzante
depressing [dɪˈprɛsɪŋ] adj → deprimente, demoralizzante
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