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Webster 1828 Edition


Depressing

DEPRESSING

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ppr.
Pressing down; lowering in place; letting fall; sinking; dejecting; abasing; impoverishing; rendering languid.

Definition 2024


depressing

depressing

English

Adjective

depressing (comparative more depressing, superlative most depressing)

  1. Causing depression or sadness.
    The television news was depressing, so rather than start crying I turned it off.

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Verb

depressing

  1. present participle of depress