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   De·pres·sing

   /dəˈpresiNG/

   

   adjective

   • 1. causing or resulting in a feeling of miserable dejection: "that thought is too depressing for words" Similar upsettingdistressingpainfulheartbreakingheart-rendingdispiritingdishearteningdiscouragingdemoralizingdismalbleakblacksombergloomygraveunhappymelancholysadsaddeningwretcheddolefuldauntingdisenchantingunfavorableinformal:morbidbluearchaic:dejectingrare:distressfullachrymosegloomybleakdrearygrimdrabsomberdarkdingyfunerealmiserablecheerlessjoylesscomfortlessuninvitingliterary:drear
   • ▪ causing a damaging reduction in economic activity: "the mortgage rate increase will have a depressing effect on the housing market"

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