Meaning & use
depressing
Causing feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or low spirits.
See it in a sentence
The news reports about the flood were so depressing that she turned off the television.
Working alone in that gray, windowless office all winter felt genuinely depressing.
A note on using this word
Depressing describes what causes low mood, whereas depressed describes the person experiencing it; the two are easy to confuse.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
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