Depressing

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Causing especially emotional depression.
  • adj. Dismal; dreary: a week of rainy, depressing weather.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Causing depression or sadness.
  • v. Present participle of depress.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
  • Verb Form
    depressed    depresses    depressing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    weaken    change    modify    alter    take down    let down    get down    lower    bring down    displace   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    discourage    degrade    cast down    abase    lower    humble    deject    sink    dispirit    sadden   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bess    Es    Etess    Fs    Hess    Hesse    Ins    Jess    Les    Ness   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sad    uncomfortable    unhappy    gloomy    uneasy    perplex    ashamed    stupid    sick