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depressing

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de·press·ing  (d-prsng)
adj.
1. Causing especially emotional depression.
2. Dismal; dreary: a week of rainy, depressing weather.

de·pressing·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.depressingdepressing - 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
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Spanish depressing [dɪˈprɛsɪŋ] adjdeprimente
French depressing [dɪˈprɛsɪŋ] depress adjdéprimant(e)
German depressing [dɪˈprɛsɪŋ] depress adjdeprimierend
Italian depressing [dɪˈprɛsɪŋ] adjdeprimente

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The gaieties of Paris (quite incomprehensibly to herself as well as to everyone about her) had a depressing effect on her spirits.
Besides the depressing effect this had on my spirits, it very much weakened my sight, and when I was suddenly brought out of the darkness into the glare of daylight it was very painful to my eyes.
That which is with you in Spaceland an unmixed evil, blotting out the landscape, depressing the spirits, and enfeebling the health, is by us recognized as a blessing scarcely inferior to air itself, and as the Nurse of arts and Parent of sciences.
 
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