'Depressing' definitions:
Definition of 'depressing'
From: WordNet
adjective
Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place" [syn: depressing, cheerless, uncheerful] [ant: cheerful]
Definition of 'Depressing'
From: GCIDE
- Depress \De*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Depressing.] [L. depressus, p. p. of deprimere; de- + premere to press. See Press.]
- 1. To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes. "With lips depressed." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Math.) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree. [1913 Webster]
- To depress the pole (Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator.
- Syn: To sink; lower; abase; cast down; deject; humble; degrade; dispirit; discourage. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'depressing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affecting,
- afflictive,
- bitter,
- black,
- bleak,
- cheerless,
- comfortless,
- deplorable,
- depressant,
- depressive,
- discomforting,
- discouraging,
- disheartening,
- dismal,
- dismaying,
- dispiriting,
- distressful,
- distressing,
- dolorific,
- dolorogenic,
- dolorous,
- down,
- dreary,
- funereal,
- grievous,
- joyless,
- lamentable,
- melancholic,
- melancholy,
- mournful,
- moving,
- oppressive,
- painful,
- pathetic,
- piteous,
- pitiable,
- poignant,
- regrettable,
- rueful,
- sad,
- saddening,
- sharp,
- somber,
- sore,
- sorrowful,
- touching,
- triste,
- uncomfortable,
- woebegone,
- woeful,
- wretched
Words containing 'Depressing'
- Depress,
- Depressant,
- Depressed,
- Depressingly,
- Depression,
- Depressive,
- Depressiveness,
- Angle of depression,
- Depression of the dewpoint,
- Depression of the pole,
- To depress the pole,
- agitated depression,
- anaclitic depression,
- clinical depression,
- depressed fracture,
- depressive disorder,
- dysthymic depression,
- endogenous depression,
- exogenous depression,
- great depression,
- involutional depression,
- manic depression,
- manic depressive,
- natural depression,
- neurotic depression,
- psychotic depression,
- reactive depression,
- retarded depression,
- unipolar depression,
- Depression of the visible horizon,
- major depressive episode,
- manic depressive illness,
- manic-depressive,
- manic-depressive psychosis