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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 δραστηριότηταFrom 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. deprimerandeFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/ الضغطFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
depressing //dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)// //dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]тягостен, угнетителен causing depression or sadness
depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]stlačení
depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]deprimující
depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]stisknutí
depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]depresivní
depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/ abdämpfend Synonyms: muting, lowering see: mute, lower, depress, muted, lowered, depressedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/ bedrückend, deprimierendFrom 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, depressedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/ tristFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]Synonyms: dreary, dismal
depressing //dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)// //dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ//From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]1. hidastava causing a reduction in economic activity 2. masentava causing depression or sadness
depressing /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/ 1. elszomorító 2. nyomasztó 3. lehangolóFrom English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 : [ freedict:eng-lit ]
depressing /dı'presıŋ/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]slegiantis, liūdnas
depressing //dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)// //dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ//From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]deprimerande, deppig causing depression or sadness
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/
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, wretchedFrom 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