Synonyms
- black
- bleak
- cheerless
- chill
- Cimmerian
- cloudy
- cold
- comfortless
- dark
- darkening
- depressive
- desolate
- dire
- disconsolate
- dismal
- drear
- dreary
- dreich [chiefly Scottish]
- elegiac
- elegiacal
- forlorn
- funereal
- gloomy
- glum
- godforsaken
- gray
- grey
- lonely
- lonesome
- lugubrious
- miserable
- morbid
- morose
- murky
- plutonian
- saturnine
- sepulchral
- solemn
- somber
- sombre
- sullen
- sunless
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- wretched
Examples of depressing in a Sentence
This rainy weather is depressing.
He paints a depressing picture of modern life.
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God knows there are people out there in more difficult, dire or depressing situations than covering a sport for a salary.
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The Athletic Nfl Staff, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
No one wants to listen to depressing or hyper-serious Christmas songs.
—Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
The episode focuses on the courtship between Principal Skinner and Ms. Krabappel, who become romantically involved at the appropriately depressing place that is Martin’s birthday party.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
What explains the depressing fact that people will turn out to vote in relative droves when their state’s Electoral College votes for president are a foregone conclusion but won’t bother to choose a mayor, who has a direct and daily impact on their lives?
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
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The Athletic Nfl Staff, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
No one wants to listen to depressing or hyper-serious Christmas songs.
—Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
The episode focuses on the courtship between Principal Skinner and Ms. Krabappel, who become romantically involved at the appropriately depressing place that is Martin’s birthday party.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
What explains the depressing fact that people will turn out to vote in relative droves when their state’s Electoral College votes for president are a foregone conclusion but won’t bother to choose a mayor, who has a direct and daily impact on their lives?
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Depressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depressing. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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