depressing
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- depressingly adverb
- nondepressing adjective
- nondepressingly adverb
- undepressing adjective
Etymology
Origin of depressing
Example Sentences
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“Your dad’s a great writer. It’s kind of depressing, though.”
From Literature
“It’s so simple, but I think that’s what this landscape is giving me, constant awe in the midst of a really depressing world, and a tough year for the family.”
From Los Angeles Times
It has been a depressing crash course on the sea change in Silicon Valley.
From Los Angeles Times
"Then they decided to move us to another space off the same hallway, which was a little bigger, but just as disgusting - just as depressing."
From BBC
Recent reviews have described the mall as derelict, depressing and “a hole of a centre.”
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