depressing
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- depressingly adverb
- nondepressing adjective
- nondepressingly adverb
- undepressing adjective
Etymology
Origin of depressing
Example Sentences
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It is a thoroughly depressing and bleak conclusion to what is so often depicted as a time of expectation, of excitement even, and hope.
From BBC
Common throughout the show is the juxtaposition of art that holds out optimistic visions of technology’s possibilities with works that put forward more depressing perspectives about the harms it can entail.
He sounded so earnest, I couldn’t tell him I’d found the picture depressing and melodramatic.
From Literature
A temporary plant closure leaves U.S. ranchers with one less buyer for their cattle, depressing livestock prices.
True, but the glumness of said world is central to Hoover’s zeitgeisty appeal — a point she underlines a few beats later, Kenna insisting that the radio only ever plays depressing songs.
From Los Angeles Times
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