It was all the more depressing because it was raining.
Source: tatoeba (26935)
Depressing
//dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ//
Synonyms for "depressing" (134 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (67)
Adjective(39 words)
melancholicmelancholymournfulmovingoppressivepainfulpatheticpiteouspitiablepoignantregrettableruefulsadsedativesharpsombersoresorrowfulsorrystark
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesderived
4 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
16 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 23 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- ծանր adj (causing depression or sadness)
- ճնշող adj (causing depression or sadness)
Belarusian
1 entries- гнятлі́вы adj (causing depression or sadness)
Bulgarian
2 entries- тягостен adj (causing depression or sadness)
- угнетителен adj (causing depression or sadness)
Catalan
1 entries- depriment adj (causing depression or sadness)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 令人沮喪的 /令人沮丧的 adj (causing depression or sadness)
- 使蕭條 /使萧条 adj (causing a reduction in economic activity)
- 使蕭條 /使萧条 adj (causing a reduction in economic activity)
Dutch
1 entries- deprimerend adj (causing depression or sadness)
Finnish
2 entries- hidastava adj (causing a reduction in economic activity)
- masentava adj (causing depression or sadness)
French
1 entries- déprimant adj (causing depression or sadness)
Galician
1 entries- deprimente adj (causing depression or sadness)
German
2 entries- bedrückend adj (causing depression or sadness)
- deprimierend adj (causing depression or sadness)
Greek
1 entries- καταθλιπτικός adj (causing depression or sadness)
Hebrew
1 entries- מדכא adj (causing depression or sadness)
Hungarian
3 entries- deprimáló adj (causing depression or sadness)
- lehangoló adj (causing depression or sadness)
- nyomasztó adj (causing depression or sadness)
Irish
1 entries- gruama adj (causing depression or sadness)
Italian
1 entries- deprimente adj (causing depression or sadness)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- bedrekjent adj (causing depression or sadness)
Polish
1 entries- powodujący depresję adj (causing depression or sadness)
Portuguese
1 entries- deprimente adj (causing depression or sadness)
Russian
4 entries- гнету́щий adj (causing depression or sadness)
- депресси́вный adj (causing depression or sadness)
- наводя́щий тоску́ adj (causing depression or sadness)
- тя́гостный adj (causing depression or sadness)
Spanish
1 entries- deprimente adj (causing depression or sadness)
Swedish
2 entries- deppig adj (causing depression or sadness)
- deprimerande adj (causing depression or sadness)
Thai
2 entries- น่าหดหู่ adj (causing depression or sadness)
- น่าเศร้า adj (causing depression or sadness)
Ukrainian
4 entries- гнітю́чий adj (causing depression or sadness)
- похму́рий adj (causing depression or sadness)
- сумни́й adj (causing depression or sadness)
- тужли́вий adj (causing depression or sadness)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
For some reason it looks to be turning out to be a depressing week.
Source: tatoeba (327567)
"I haven't got the time to keep up with you." "That's rather depressing."
Source: tatoeba (328087)
I'd go to the goth club more often, but my outfits are depressingly cheerful, not cheerfully depressing.
Source: tatoeba (715547)
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