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de·press·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. depressing, cheerless, uncheerfuladjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. depressingadjective

    Causing depression or sadness.

    The television news was depressing, so rather than start crying I turned it off.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Depressing

    of Depress

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of depressing in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of depressing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of depressing in a Sentence

  1. President Mandela:

    It got a bit depressing to see that nothing much was changing, it was hard to find positive aspects out in the townships to photograph and to celebrate.

  2. Jason Luckasevic:

    How about the guys that are out there that occasionally forget the name of their friend, or their grocery list and have days that are very dark and depressing because they are still living an independent life? They get nothing.

  3. David Sischo:

    I mean, hes the last of his kind. ... To have that last individual perish under your watch, its pretty depressing.

  4. Scot Wingo:

    The fact that we haven't improved the mobile conversion rate is a little depressing to be honest.

  5. Ada Hegerberg:

    It was tough at so many camps. I have been broken mentally, it has been a deeply depressing feeling. I had nightmares after being with the national team, you shouldn't have things like that. If you want to get anywhere in life you have to make choices.

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