depressing

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)/
(US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/

Adjective

depressing (comparative more depressing, superlative most depressing)

Causing depression or sadness.
The television news was depressing, so rather than start crying I turned it off.
Causing a reduction in economic activity.
The policy may have a depressing effect on some branches of industry.

Synonyms

unpleasant

Translations

causing depression or sadness

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: тягостен (bg) (tjagosten), угнетителен (bg) (ugnetitelen)
Catalan: depriment
Chinese:
Mandarin: 令人沮喪的 (lìngrén jǔsàng de)
Dutch: deprimerend (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: masentava (fi)
French: déprimant (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
Greek: καταθλιπτικός (el) (katathliptikós)

Hebrew: מדכא (medake')
Hungarian: nyomasztó (hu), lehangoló (hu), deprimáló
Italian: deprimente (it)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: deprimente
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: deprimente
Swedish: please add this translation if you can
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

causing a reduction in economic activity

Chinese:
Mandarin: 使蕭條, 使蕭條 (shǐ xiāotiáo)

Finnish: hidastava (fi)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Verb

depressing

present participle of depress

Anagrams

predesigns

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