depressing
Use Depressing in a sentence
ɪŋ adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English depressen < Anglo-French, Old French depresser < Latin dēpressus pressed down (past participle of dēprimere, equivalent to de- de- + -primere, combining form of premere to press); see pressure
1275–1325; Middle English depressen < Anglo-French, Old French depresser < Latin dēpressus pressed down (past participle of dēprimere, equivalent to de- de- + -primere, combining form of premere to press); see pressure
Related forms
de·press·i·ble, adjective
de·press·i·bil·i·ty, noun
o·ver·de·press, verb (used with object)
un·de·press·i·ble, adjective
Antonyms
4. raise, elevate.
4. raise, elevate.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To depressing
00:10
Depressing
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
depress (dɪˈprɛs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to lower in spirits; make gloomy; deject |
| 2. | to weaken or lower the force, vigour, or energy of |
| 3. | to lower prices of (securities or a security market) |
| 4. | to press or push down |
| 5. | to lower the pitch of (a musical sound) |
| 6. | obsolete to suppress or subjugate |
| [C14: from Old French depresser, from Latin dēprimere from | |
| de'pressible | |
| —adj | |
| depressing (dɪˈprɛsɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| causing a feeling of dejection or low spirits | |
| de'pressingly | |
| —adv | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
depress
early 14c., from O.Fr. depresser, from L.L. depressare, freq. of L. deprimere "press down," from de- "down" + premere "to press" (see press (v.1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
depress de·press (dĭ-prěs')
v.
To lower in spirits; deject.
To cause to drop or sink; lower.
To press down.
To lessen the activity or force of something.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Example sentences
The type that have got real jobs in universities today are a pretty depressing lot.
Pretty depressing, but you have to find the humor in some of it.
That's me crying over the depressing rise of cuteness.
The depressing answer in every study so far is that interstellar travel is centuries away.
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
