What does depressing mean?
Definitions for depressing
de·press·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
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depressingadjective
Causing depression or sadness.
The television news was depressing, so rather than start crying I turned it off.
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depressing
Depressing typically refers to something that causes or induces a state of unhappiness or despondency. It can pertain to any situation, event, thing or condition that triggers sadness, despair, hopelessness or a gloomy mood.
Webster Dictionary
Depressing
of Depress
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of depressing in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of depressing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of depressing in a Sentence
I find nothing more depressing than optimism.
This was really depressing when we expected that this should be a total shift from the wasteful culture that we had in the past.
(Markets) are infatuated with QE. We are all buying the market purely on the fact that more money is going to flood into markets, depressing bond yields and increasing the value of risk assets such as equities.
We went to a very deep place, it was hard, depressing, bad and thrilling all at the same time. A lot of the stuff was quite challenging for me. It was something I can definitely look back on and be proud of.
The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.
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- тягостен, угнетителенBulgarian
- deprimentCatalan, Valencian
- deprimierendGerman
- deprimenteSpanish
- masentavaFinnish
- déprimantFrench
- deprimentePortuguese
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