depressingly Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- funereal
- dreary
- gloomy
- comfortless
- melancholy
- glum
- wretched
- sepulchral
- oppressive
- sombre
- dire
- black
- saturnine
- cheerless
- lugubrious
- blue
- chill
- sad
- forlorn
- miserable
- elegiac
- drear
- cloudy
- disconsolate
- sullen
- dismal
- morose
- unhappy
- lonesome
Weak:
- despondent
- plaintive
- desperate
- melancholic
- discouraging
- dreich
- tenebrific
- distressful
- inconsolable
- dull
- sunless
- plutonian
- lowering
- discomfiting
- pessimistic
- hopeless
- colorless
- tenebrous
- cimmerian
- drab
- mirthless
- hangdog
- down
- dim
- dejected
- lamentable
- low
- sorrowful
- droopy
- dispiriting
- elegiacal
- distressing
- dismaying
- upsetting
- grim
- woebegone
- disheartening
- menacing
- dour
- negative
- mournful
- woeful
- godforsaken
- threatening
Strongest:
- festive
- bright
- cheery
- comforting
- optimistic
- merry
- buoyant
- optimistic
- bright
- festive
- joyful
- joyous
- jolly
- buoyant
- cheerful
- merry
- gay
- gay
- jolly
- sunshiny
- friendly
- cheery
- cheerful
- friendly
- sunshiny
- joyful
- gay
- joyous
- cordial
- comforting
- gay
- cordial
Strong:
- cheering
- cheering
- encouraging
- hopeful
- blithesome
- encouraging
- mirthful
- blithesome
- heartwarming
- lighthearted
- hopeful
- heartwarming
- lighthearted
- blithe
- blithe
- mirthful
Weak:
depressingly Meaning
Wordnet
depressingly (r)
in a depressing manner or to a depressing degree
Webster
depressingly (adv.)
In a depressing manner.
depressingly Sentence Examples
- The results of the study were depressingly predictable.
- Despite their efforts, the situation remained depressingly unchanged.
- The cost of living in the city was depressingly high.
- The lack of progress on the project was depressingly slow.
- She stared out the window at the depressingly gray sky.
- The movie's ending was depressingly sad, leaving the audience in tears.
- The state of the environment was depressingly dire, with pollution levels skyrocketing.
- Their financial situation was depressingly precarious, with mounting debts and no savings.
- The news reports were depressingly negative, highlighting conflict and tragedy around the world.
- The long wait for the bus was depressingly frustrating, especially in the pouring rain.
FAQs About the word depressingly
in a depressing manner or to a depressing degreeIn a depressing manner.
desolate, solemn,bleak, cold, morbid, grey, darkening, gray, depressed, depressive
festive, bright, cheery, comforting, optimistic, merry, buoyant, optimistic, bright, festive
The results of the study were depressingly predictable.
Despite their efforts, the situation remained depressingly unchanged.
The cost of living in the city was depressingly high.
The lack of progress on the project was depressingly slow.
