depressing
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de·press·ing
(dĭ-prĕs′ĭng)adj.
Causing sadness, gloom, or dejection: depressing news; a depressing movie; rainy, depressing weather.
de·press′ing·ly adv.
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depressing
(dɪˈprɛsɪŋ)adj
(Psychology) causing a feeling of dejection or low spirits
deˈpressingly adv
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| Adj. | 1. | depressing - 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" unhappy - experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad" joyless - not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings" cheerful - being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be" |
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depressing
adjective bleak, black, sad, distressing, discouraging, gloomy, daunting, hopeless, dismal, melancholy, dreary, harrowing, saddening, sombre, heartbreaking, dispiriting, disheartening, funereal, dejecting the depressing thought of his mother's death
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depressing
adjectiveTending to cause sadness or low spirits:
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Translations
deprimující
deprimerende
masentava
deprimirajući
lehangoló
niîurdrepandi
憂鬱な
기운을 잃게 하는
depresívny
moreč
deprimerande
ทำให้หดหู่
iç karartıcıkarartıcıkasvet verici
gây chán nản
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depressing
adj → deprimierend, bedrückend; these figures make depressing reading → es ist deprimierend, diese Zahlen zu lesen
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
depress
(diˈpres) verb1. to make sad or gloomy. I am always depressed by wet weather.
2. to make less active. This drug depresses the action of the heart.
deˈpressed adjective1. sad or unhappy. The news made me very depressed.
2. made less active. the depressed state of the stock market.
deˈpressing adjective tending to make one sad or gloomy. What a depressing piece of news!
deˈpression (-ʃən) noun1. a state of sadness and low spirits. She was treated by the doctor for depression.
2. lack of activity in trade. the depression of the 1930s.
3. an area of low pressure in the atmosphere. The bad weather is caused by a depression.
4. a hollow.
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depressing
→ مُحْزِن deprimující deprimerende deprimierend καταθλιπτικός deprimente masentava déprimant deprimirajući deprimente 憂鬱な 기운을 잃게 하는 deprimerend deprimerende przygnębiający deprimente угнетающий deprimerande ทำให้หดหู่ iç karartıcı gây chán nản 令人抑郁的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009