depressing

[dih-pres-ing]

adjective

1. serving to depress; inducing a state of depression.

   depressing news.

depressing

/ dɪˈprɛsɪŋ /

adjective

1. causing a feeling of dejection or low spirits

Other Word Forms

• depressingly adverb
• nondepressing adjective
• nondepressingly adverb
• undepressing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of depressing¹

First recorded in 1780–90; depress + -ing ²

Example Sentences

The numbers show the depressing story for the retail public: They typically buy gold only once it’s already risen, and they sell it again after it has fallen.

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But supply is starting to leak from the for-sale market into the rental business, depressing rents.

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The ending is sad, but somehow, as recounted by surviving partner Rod Swenson, not depressing.

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"I think it's depressing. People are feeling that they don't matter."

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It’s up to you, however, to decide if you want to witness the full effort of his performance from bloody stem to depressing stern.

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