depressing
Academic Word List, sublist 10.
About 2.36 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Causing depression or sadness.
The television news was depressing, so rather than start crying I turned it off.
- adjective Causing a reduction in economic activity.
The policy may have a depressing effect on some branches of industry.
- verb present participle and gerund of depress
Similar words
depressive disconsolate saddening cheerless grim sad dismal dispiriting gloomy dark
Often followed by
the effect and to influence effects than as in
Word family
depress depressed depresses depressingly depression
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