depressing
adjective
serving to depress; inducing a state of depression.
depressingly
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a word derived from
depressing.
Example Sentences
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This is a depressingly resigned and remarkably fatalistic admission from a U.S. senator.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
Furthermore, if all this has the depressingly familiar feeling of a repeated bad dream, it probably should.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Directing this retread, in a depressingly self-debasing big-screen debut, is Thomas Kail, who won a Tony for staging “Hamilton.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
"Four years after England's previous Ashes misadventure had sparked headlines about a drinking culture, it was all depressingly familiar."
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
Her locker was depressingly empty, but the second thing kept her from despairing too much: June’s mom had agreed to let her go to the dance.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
