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Depressing

dɪˈprɛsɪŋ

Depressing definitions

adjective

Inflections:

depressing

causing or resulting in a feeling of miserable dejection

"that thought is too depressing for words"

Synonyms:
upsetting distressing painful heartbreaking heart-rending dispiriting disheartening discouraging demoralizing gloomy bleak dreary grim drab sombre dark dingy funereal miserable cheerless joyless comfortless uninviting
causing a damaging reduction in economic activity

"the mortgage rate increase will have a depressing effect on the housing market"