depressing

Speech parts

1. depressing - Adjective

2. depressing - Verb

of Depress

Source: Webster's dictionary

distressing cheerless saddening lenten black blue heavy embayment darkling dark upset unhappy depressed painful unpleasant

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cheerful sterling merry jolly darling good

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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality. Anton Chekhov

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening. Willa Cather

To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth. H. P. Lovecraft

I find nothing more depressing than optimism. Paul Fussell

I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients. Oscar Levant

It is depressing to hear the unfortunate or dying man jest. Anton Chekhov