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de·press·ing

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–adjective

serving to depress; inducing a state of depression: depressing news.

[Origin: 1780–90; depress + -ing²

]

—Related forms

de·press·ing·ly, adverb

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de·press Audio Help (dĭ-prěs') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. de·pressed, de·press·ing, de·press·es

To lower in spirits; deject.
1. To cause to drop or sink; lower: The drought depressed the water level in the reservoirs.
2. To press down: Depress the space bar on a typewriter.
To lessen the activity or force of; weaken: feared that rising inflation would further depress the economy.
To lower prices in (a financial market).

[Middle English depressen, to push down, from Old French depresser, from Latin dēprimere, dēpress- : dē-, de- + premere, to press; see per-⁴ in Indo-European roots.]

de·press'i·ble adj.

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de·press·ing Audio Help (dĭ-prěs'ĭng) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Causing especially emotional depression.
Dismal; dreary: a week of rainy, depressing weather.

de·press'ing·ly adv.

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depressing
adjective
causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place" [ant: cheerful]

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deˈpressing adjective

tending to make one sad or gloomy
Example: What a depressing piece of news!

Arabic:	مُسَبِّب للكآبَه، مُثبِط للعَزيمَه، مُكَدِّر
Chinese (Simplified):	使人沮丧的
Chinese (Traditional):	使人沮喪的
Czech:	deprimující
Danish:	deprimerende
Dutch:	deprimerend
Estonian:	masendav
Finnish:	masentava
French:	déprimant
German:	bedrückend
Greek:	καταθλιπτικός
Hungarian:	lehangoló
Icelandic:	niðurdrepandi
Indonesian:	menyedihkan
Italian:	deprimente

Japanese:	気のめいるような
Korean:	우울하게 하는, 짓누르는
Latvian:	nomācošs
Lithuanian:	slegiantis
Norwegian:	nedslående, deprimerende
Polish:	przygnębiający
Portuguese (Brazil):	deprimente
Portuguese (Portugal):	deprimente
Romanian:	deprimant
Russian:	гнетущий
Slovak:	depresívny
Slovenian:	moreč
Spanish:	deprimente
Swedish:	deprimerande, nedslående
Turkish:	karartıcı, kasvet verici