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Depressing Meaning in English

word · lemma: depress

/dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/
di-PRES-ing
/dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/
di-PRES-ing

التعريف

If something is depressing, it makes you feel sad, discouraged, or without hope. It can describe news, situations, places, or thoughts that bring your mood down.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Common with things like 'a depressing movie', 'depressing news', or 'a depressing place'. It usually describes the effect on your mood, not clinical depression. For people, 'depressed' is more common than 'depressing' unless the person causes that feeling.

جمل نموذجية

The weather is depressing today.

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That movie was really depressing.

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The empty streets looked depressing at night.

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It’s depressing to see so many stores closed down.

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All this bad news is getting pretty depressing.

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I had to stop reading the comments—they were too depressing.

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