Local English word record

depressing

adjective · 1 sense

causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

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Examples

  • the economic outlook is depressing
  • something cheerless about the room
  • a moody and uncheerful person
  • an uncheerful place

Word relationships

Synonyms

cheerless, uncheerful

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Princeton WordNet 3.0