depressing Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- blue
- saturnine
- wretched
- sullen
- elegiac
- melancholy
- dreary
- dire
- sombre
- oppressive
- morose
- sad
- dismal
- cheerless
- lugubrious
- black
- glum
- unhappy
- miserable
- sepulchral
- drear
- chill
- cloudy
- gloomy
- forlorn
- comfortless
- disconsolate
- funereal
- lonesome
Weak:
- distressing
- lamentable
- low
- mirthless
- mournful
- drab
- woeful
- despondent
- threatening
- desperate
- cimmerian
- pessimistic
- woebegone
- hangdog
- distressful
- dejected
- melancholic
- hopeless
- sorrowful
- menacing
- colorless
- lowering
- dreich
- inconsolable
- plutonian
- dispiriting
- plaintive
- tenebrous
- discomfiting
- upsetting
- droopy
- dim
- grim
- elegiacal
- down
- negative
- tenebrific
- sunless
- disheartening
- dull
- godforsaken
- discouraging
- dismaying
- dour
Strongest:
- bright
- bright
- joyous
- joyful
- merry
- comforting
- cheerful
- joyous
- cordial
- sunshiny
- jolly
- cheerful
- cheery
- sunshiny
- gay
- friendly
- buoyant
- merry
- cheery
- optimistic
- festive
- comforting
- optimistic
- festive
- gay
- joyful
- jolly
- cordial
- buoyant
- gay
- gay
- friendly
Strong:
- mirthful
- cheering
- blithe
- cheering
- heartwarming
- blithesome
- lighthearted
- blithe
- mirthful
- blithesome
- lighthearted
- encouraging
- hopeful
- heartwarming
- encouraging
- hopeful
Weak:
depressing Meaning
Wordnet
depressing (a)
causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
Webster
depressing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Depress
depressing Sentence Examples
- The news about the increasing poverty rates is truly depressing.
- The rainy weather cast a depressing atmosphere over the city.
- Watching the documentary on climate change was eye-opening but also depressing.
- Dealing with chronic pain can be incredibly depressing for many individuals.
- It's hard to stay motivated when faced with a depressing situation.
- The state of the economy was depressing, with unemployment rates soaring.
- She found the constant negativity on social media to be quite depressing.
- The abandoned buildings in the neighborhood gave it a somewhat depressing vibe.
- Reading about the plight of refugees in war-torn countries was deeply depressing.
- The loss of a loved one can lead to a long period of depressing grief.
FAQs About the word depressing
causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacyof Depress
gray, lonely, cold, murky, dark, depressive, desolate, depressed,bleak, grey
bright, bright, joyous, joyful, merry,comforting, cheerful, joyous, cordial, sunshiny
The news about the increasing poverty rates is truly depressing.
The rainy weather cast a depressing atmosphere over the city.
Watching the documentary on climate change was eye-opening but also depressing.
Dealing with chronic pain can be incredibly depressing for many individuals.
