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depressing
[dih-pres-ing]
depressing
/ ɪˈɛɪŋ /
adjective
causing a feeling of dejection or low spirits
Other Word Forms
- depressingly adverb
- nondepressing adjective
- nondepressingly adverb
- undepressing adjective
- ˈԲ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of depressing1
Example Sentences
He added the number of parties involved could be "depressing for a shared owner; that feeling of being passed from pillar to post and being fobbed off at different parts of the process".
The fact that educators and students are allegedly the groups most suspicious of ChatGPT’s fondness for em dashes also makes inherent, if depressing, sense.
"Two or three weeks later you're sitting in temporary accommodation, looking at four walls. You've got no furniture of your own. You're surrounded by boxes. And it's like, 'oh man, this is depressing'."
"Day to day it is depressing, because you don't hear anything back, you're constantly trying to find a job, trying to fight for a job, and you hear nothing."
“I hate to sound so depressing,” he adds.
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