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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Depress \De*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depressed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Depressing.] [L. depressus, p. p. of deprimere; de-
     + premere to press. See Press.]
     1. To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower;
        as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes.
        ``With lips depressed.'' --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were
        depressed.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as
        trade, commerce, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to
        cheapen; to depreciate.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Math.) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To depress the pole (Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to
        appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward
        the equator.
  
     Syn: To sink; lower; abase; cast down; deject; humble;
          degrade; dispirit; discourage.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Depress \De*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depressed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Depressing.] [L. depressus, p. p. of deprimere; de-
     + premere to press. See Press.]
     1. To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower;
        as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes.
        ``With lips depressed.'' --Tennyson.
  
     2. To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride.
  
     3. To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were
        depressed.
  
     4. To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as
        trade, commerce, etc.
  
     5. To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to
        cheapen; to depreciate.
  
     6. (Math.) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
  
     To depress the pole (Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to
        appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward
        the equator.
  
     Syn: To sink; lower; abase; cast down; deject; humble;
          degrade; dispirit; discourage.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  depressing
       adj 1: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war";
              "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate
              winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days
              of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy
              weather" [syn: blue, dark, disconsolate, dismal,
               dispiriting, gloomy, grim]
       2: causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy
          outlook"; "gloomy news" [syn: depressive, gloomy, saddening]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  depressing
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 καταθλιπτικός
     2 (ετ οικον en) που προκαλεί μείωση στην οικονομικός δραστηριότητα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  depressing
     a.
     1 Causing depression or sadness.
     2 Causing a reduction in economic activity.
     vb.
     (present participle of en depress nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  depressing
     a.
     1 Causing depression or sadness.
     2 Causing a reduction in economic activity.
     vb.
     (present participle of en depress nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  depressing
     a.
     1 Causing depression or sadness.
     2 Causing a reduction in economic activity.
     vb.
     (present participle of en depress nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  depressing
     a.
     1 Causing depression or sadness.
     2 Causing a reduction in economic activity.
     vb.
     (present participle of en depress nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  depressing
     Englanti a.
     masentava
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm d epress ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  depressing
     Engelska a.
     deprimerande

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/
  الضغط

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  depressing //dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)// //dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ// 
  тягостен, угнетителен
  causing depression or sadness

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/ 
  stlačení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/ 
  deprimující

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/ 
  stisknutí

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/ 
  depresivní

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/
  abdämpfend
     Synonyms: muting, lowering
  
   see: mute, lower, depress, muted, lowered, depressed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/
  bedrückend, deprimierend 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/
  deprimierend, frustrierend, beelendend
     Synonyms: getting down, frustrating
  
   see: get down sb., depress sb., frustrate sb., got/gotten down, depressed, frustrated, It depresses me to think that this is how the rest of my life will be., It gets me down to see that.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/
  drückend, niederdrückend
   see: depress, depressed, depresses, depressed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/
  trist 
     Synonyms: dreary, dismal
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  depressing //dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)// //dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ// 
  1. hidastava
  causing a reduction in economic activity
  2. masentava
  causing depression or sadness

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/
  1. elszomorító
  2. nyomasztó
  3. lehangoló

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  depressing /dı'presıŋ/ 
  slegiantis, liūdnas

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  depressing //dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)// //dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ// 
  deprimerande, deppig
  causing depression or sadness

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "depressing":
     affecting, afflictive, bitter, black, bleak, cheerless,
     comfortless, deplorable, depressant, depressive, discomforting,
     discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dismaying, dispiriting,
     distressful, distressing, dolorific, dolorogenic, dolorous, down,
     dreary, funereal, grievous, joyless, lamentable, melancholic,
     melancholy, mournful, moving, oppressive, painful, pathetic,
     piteous, pitiable, poignant, regrettable, rueful, sad, saddening,
     sharp, somber, sore, sorrowful, touching, triste, uncomfortable,
     woebegone, woeful, wretched
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 抑压的,沉闷的,阴沉的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 抑压的,沉闷的,阴沉的

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