Synonyms
- black
- bleak
- cheerless
- chill
- Cimmerian
- cloudy
- cold
- comfortless
- dark
- darkening
- depressive
- desolate
- dire
- disconsolate
- dismal
- drear
- dreary
- dreich [chiefly Scottish]
- elegiac
- elegiacal
- forlorn
- funereal
- gloomy
- glum
- godforsaken
- gray
- grey
- lonely
- lonesome
- lugubrious
- miserable
- morbid
- morose
- murky
- plutonian
- saturnine
- sepulchral
- solemn
- somber
- sombre
- sullen
- sunless
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- wretched
Examples of depressing in a Sentence
This rainy weather is depressing.
He paints a depressing picture of modern life.
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Spencer’s saga is a depressing tale of a rushed and incomplete police investigation, a lousy defense attorney, prosecutorial misconduct, false testimony, and witnesses compromised by cash rewards.
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Terry W., The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024
Balancing your budget can feel depressing while the moon confronts Saturn.
—USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
On the highway, the car tracks your gaze and head position to make sure your eyes stay on the road the entire time—arguably more depressing and mind-numbing than regular highway driving.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2024
The bank’s hope no doubt is that a rising stock market will offset some of the household wealth lost to the property crisis and its depressing effect on real estate values.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
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Terry W., The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024
Balancing your budget can feel depressing while the moon confronts Saturn.
—USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
On the highway, the car tracks your gaze and head position to make sure your eyes stay on the road the entire time—arguably more depressing and mind-numbing than regular highway driving.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2024
The bank’s hope no doubt is that a rising stock market will offset some of the household wealth lost to the property crisis and its depressing effect on real estate values.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Depressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depressing. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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