depressing
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- depressingly adverb
- nondepressing adjective
- nondepressingly adverb
- undepressing adjective
Etymology
Origin of depressing
Example Sentences
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True, but the glumness of said world is central to Hoover’s zeitgeisty appeal — a point she underlines a few beats later, Kenna insisting that the radio only ever plays depressing songs.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
"This study is probably the most depressing project I've been involved with in my entire life," Amaral said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026
"Then they decided to move us to another space off the same hallway, which was a little bigger, but just as disgusting - just as depressing."
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
Markets tumbled last week after a viral blog post described a gloomy scenario in which AI led to mass layoffs, depressing economic growth.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
He’d sat there while she conducted seemingly endless depressing interviews with several different Harari ghosts through mirrors with the ring.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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