Depressing
1depressing — index bleak (not favorable), bleak (severely simple), deplorable, lamentable, lugubrious, ominous, oppressive Burton s Legal Thesaurus …
2depressing — [adj] discouraging, upsetting black, bleak, daunting, dejecting, dishearten ing, dismal, dispiriting, distressing, dreary, funereal, gloomy, heartbreaking, hopeless, joyless, melancholic, melancholy, mournful, oppressive, sad, saddening, somber;… …
3depressing — adj. 1) depressing to + inf. (it is depressing to read the headlines) 2) depressing that + clause (it s depressing that so many young people use drugs) * * * [dɪ presɪŋ] depressing to + inf. (it is depressing to read the headlines) depressing… …
4depressing — de|press|ing [ dı presıŋ ] adjective * something that is depressing makes you feel very unhappy and disappointed: It s depressing to think anyone wants to read this kind of trash. We had a week of dull depressing weather. find something… …
5depressing */ — UK [dɪˈpresɪŋ] / US adjective something that is depressing makes you feel very unhappy and disappointed It s depressing to think anyone wants to read this kind of rubbish. We had a week of dull depressing weather. find something depressing: I don …
6depressing — [[t]dɪpre̱sɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is depressing makes you feel sad and disappointed. Yesterday s unemployment figures were as depressing as those of the previous 22 months... I m rather keen to go on holiday in February because I think …
7depressing — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, get ▪ find sth ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very …
8depressing — de|press|ing [dıˈpresıŋ] adj making you feel very sad ▪ It s a depressing thought. ▪ The whole experience was very depressing. >depressingly adv ▪ depressingly poor results …
9depressing — adjective making you feel very sad: I found the whole experience very depressing. | It s a depressing thought. depressingly adverb: a depressingly familiar story …
10depressing — adjective 1) depressing thoughts Syn: upsetting, distressing, painful, heartbreaking; dismal, bleak, black, somber, gloomy, grave, unhappy, melancholy, sad; wretched, doleful; informal morbid, blue 2) …
