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Definitions for depressing
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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. Depressing

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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. Al Cathey:

    You still ride through our city and its depressing.

  2. Andrew Whitworth:

    Certainly, if you're going into a season and didn't think you could win it all, it would be a pretty depressing place to play from.

  3. Ramiz Hasani:

    People say that on their way to work on any depressing Monday morning, dad would put a smile on their faces and brighten their day with some remark or joke.

  4. Hikaru Sato:

    This is depressing because we are talking about a period before worries about a China-led slowdown in the global economy hit, for this quarter and beyond, China's cooling demand could hit our economy so it's not looking good.

  5. Jason Luckasevic:

    There's so much more that could have and should have been done for these players who suffer serious and permanent cognitive and behavioural mental handicaps, 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.

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