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Adjective: depressing  di'pre-sing
  1. Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
    "the economic outlook is depressing";
    - cheerless, uncheerful
Verb: depress  di'pres
  1. Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
    "The news depressed her";
    - deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise [Brit]
     
  2. Lower (prices or markets)
    "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
     
  3. Cause to drop or sink
    "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir";
    - lower
     
  4. Push down on briefly, usually with a finger
    "Depress the space key";
    - press down
     
  5. Lessen the activity or force of
    "The rising inflation depressed the economy"

See also: blue [informal], cheer, cheerfulness, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, joyless, melancholy, somber [US], sombre [Brit, Cdn], sorry, sunniness, sunshine, unhappy

Type of: alter, bring down, change, discourage, displace, frustrate, get down, let down, lower, modify, move, take down, weaken

Antonym: intoxicate

Encyclopedia: Depressing

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