Depressing

/dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/

Synonyms for "depressing" (85 found)

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Closest matches (17)

affecting afflictive bitter black bleak cheerless cold comfortless deplorable depressant depressive dingy

Adjective(5 words)

Strong matches (26)

dire discomforting disconsolate discouraging disheartening dismal dismaying dispiriting distressful distressing doleful dolorific dolorogenic dolorous down dreary dull funereal gloomy grey

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grievous heavy

Adjective(3 words)

discouraging dishearten dismal

Adjective(1 words)

grim

Related words (42)

joyless lamentable lugubrious melancholic melancholy mournful moving oppressive painful pathetic piteous pitiable poignant regrettable rueful sad saddening sedative sharp somber

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sombre sore sorrowful sorry stark sullen sunless touching tragic triste uncomfortable woebegone woeful wretched

Adjective(7 words)

lower press reduce sadden somber squeeze uncheerful

Verb(1 words)

saddened

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

4 entries

affect moodapply pressureeconomic adjustmentemotional descriptor

More specific

8 entries

cheapen compress deflate dishearten grim heartbreaking sadden squeeze

Collocations

9 entries

depressing datadepressing declinedepressing findingsdepressing mooddepressing newsdepressing outcomedepressing performancedepressing statisticsdepressing trend

Inflections

4 entries

depressed depressesmore depressingmost depressing

Derivations

7 entries

depress depressed depressingly depression depressive depressively depressiveness

Antonyms

1 entries

cheerful

similar

16 entries

blue dark dingy disconsolate dismal drab drear dreary gloomy grim joyless melancholy somber sombre sorry unhappy

Sample sentences

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It was all the more depressing because it was raining.

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For some reason it looks to be turning out to be a depressing week.

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"I haven't got the time to keep up with you." "That's rather depressing."

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I'd go to the goth club more often, but my outfits are depressingly cheerful, not cheerfully depressing.

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