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Depressing

//dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing depression or sadness.

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

  2. 2
    Causing a reduction in economic activity.

    "The policy may have a depressing effect on some branches of industry."

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of depress form-of, gerund, participle, present

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