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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Meanwhile, Green made do with a slightly depressing cafeteria lunch—a cheese-and-pickle sandwich and a shiny red apple—and some chitchat about the weather.
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Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Beyond that, the shadow of Teresa’s legal woes hung over the season, making for a depressing watch.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
And with the Terps trailing, 78-74, with 38 seconds to go, Gillespie nailed a jumper in the lane, and Rice splashed his game-winning 3-pointer to lift the team from what might have been a depressing result after Thursday’s victory.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2025
My guess is desire, and guesses don’t get much more depressing than that.
—Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Beyond that, the shadow of Teresa’s legal woes hung over the season, making for a depressing watch.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
And with the Terps trailing, 78-74, with 38 seconds to go, Gillespie nailed a jumper in the lane, and Rice splashed his game-winning 3-pointer to lift the team from what might have been a depressing result after Thursday’s victory.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2025
My guess is desire, and guesses don’t get much more depressing than that.
—Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Depressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depressing. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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