Search Result:depressing
Overview of verb depress
The verb depress has 5 senses
- depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise -- (lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her")
- depress -- (lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices")
- lower, depress -- (cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir")
- press down, depress -- (press down; "Depress the space key")
- depress -- (lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy")
Overview of adj depressing
The adj depressing has 1 sense
- depressing, cheerless, uncheerful -- (causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place")