depressing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)/
• IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/

Adjective

depressing (comparative more depressing, superlative most depressing)

1. Causing depression or sadness.

   The television news was depressing, so rather than start crying I turned it off.

2. Causing a reduction in economic activity.

   The policy may have a depressing effect on some branches of industry.

Synonyms

• distressing
• saddening
• unpleasant

Translations

causing depression or sadness

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: гнятлі́вы (hnjatlívy)
• Bulgarian: тягостен (bg) (tjagosten), угнетителен (bg) (ugnetitelen)
• Catalan: depriment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 令人沮喪的／令人沮丧的 (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
• German: deprimierend (de), bedrückend (de)
• Greek: καταθλιπτικός (el) (katathliptikós)
• Hebrew: מדכא (he) (medake')
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• Hungarian: nyomasztó (hu), lehangoló (hu), deprimáló
• Italian: deprimente (it)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Plautdietsch: bedrekjent
• Portuguese: deprimente
• Russian: гнету́щий (ru) (gnetúščij), тя́гостный (ru) (tjágostnyj), уны́лый (ru) (unýlyj), наводя́щий тоску́ (navodjáščij toskú), депресси́вный (ru) (depressívnyj), удруча́ющий (ru) (udručájuščij)
• Spanish: deprimente
• Swedish: deprimerande (sv)
• Thai: น่าหดหู่, น่าเศร้า
• Ukrainian: гнітю́чий (hnitjúčyj), тужли́вий (uk) (tužlývyj), похму́рий (poxmúryj), сумни́й (sumnýj)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

causing a reduction in economic activity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使蕭條／使萧条, 使蕭條／使萧条 (shǐ xiāotiáo)

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

Verb

depressing

1. present participle of depress

Anagrams

• predesigns