What is another word for depressing?
373 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ d_ɪ_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_ŋ], [ dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ], [ dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for depressing:- black (adjective)
- boring (adjective)
- discouraging, upsetting (adjective)
- de-motivating (verb)
- depressing (verb)
- dissuading (verb)
- lowering (verb)
- other synonyms
- affecting
- other relevant words
Definition for Depressing:
Synonyms for Depressing:
adj.
•black (adjective) •boring (adjective) •discouraging, upsetting (adjective)n.
-
•
- terrible.
v.
•de-motivating (verb)- throttling,
- Paralyzing,
- curbing,
- Hampering,
- de-motivating,
- hindering,
- stifling,
- frustrating,
- impeding.
Other synonyms:
-
•
- bittersweet.
- desolate,
- sinister,
- Darksome,
- intolerable,
- sordid,
- sorry,
- colored,
- dyspeptic,
- choleric,
- macabre,
- sedative,
- dreadful,
- coloured,
- naughty,
- reducing,
- clouded,
- antisocial,
- Depraving,
- unbearable,
- calamitous,
- unlighted,
- sunless,
- inhospitable,
- stern,
- lacklustre,
- smoky,
- downbeat,
- cloudy,
- dreich,
- gentle,
- unlucky,
- churlish,
- ill-omened,
- lenitive,
- Tranquillizing,
- declining,
- opiate,
- soothing,
- dingy,
- alarming,
- glooming,
- grumpy,
- crotchety,
- unendurable,
- onerous,
- glowering,
- teary,
- severe,
- dejected,
- lonesome,
- Debauching,
- faded,
- Subduing,
- relaxing,
- relentless,
- closed,
- pitchy,
- distressed,
- Allaying,
- pressing,
- forbidding,
- tyrannical,
- Star-crossed,
- disapproving,
- brooding,
- horrible,
- darkling,
- anodyne,
- debilitating,
- smudgy,
- tormenting,
- grim-faced,
- ravaged,
- morose,
- shadowy,
- unhopeful,
- subfusc,
- tragical,
- louring,
- inauspicious,
- petulant,
- morbid,
- soporific,
- inky,
- mortifying,
- corrupting,
- ill-natured,
- burdensome,
- overcast,
- pushing,
- humbling,
- darkening,
- lifeless,
- deflating,
- profane,
- dusky,
- austere,
- lessening,
- demoralising,
- gruesome,
- sober,
- solemn,
- grimy,
- aristocratic,
- benighted,
- catastrophic,
- Oppressing,
- grey,
- hypnotic,
- flat,
- bad-tempered,
- juicy,
- Profaning,
- sulking,
- stygian,
- excruciating,
- Abasing,
- soiled,
- murky,
- peevish,
- heavy,
- sullen,
- dour,
- inconsolable,
- crusty,
- cimmerian,
- unrelenting,
- Subfuscous,
- obscure,
- puritan,
- base,
- sleep-inducing,
- low,
- Flattening,
- calmative,
- grisly,
- depressed,
- spicy,
- grey-brown,
- sulky,
- diminishing,
- saturnine,
- spooky,
- empty,
- blasphemous,
- inexorable,
- Perverting,
- Dismounting,
- ill-starred,
- misty,
- misdirecting,
- degrading,
- overwhelming,
- leaden,
- drear,
- exhausting,
- ill-fated,
- foggy,
- unpleasant,
- starting,
- heartrending,
- sepulchral,
- foreboding,
- Burdening,
- crushing,
- drab,
- Commencing,
- frowning,
- appalling,
- dusk,
- Languishing,
- enervating,
- mordant,
- downcast,
- dirty,
- ill-tempered,
- serious,
- downhearted,
- tenebrous,
- Damping,
- glum,
- barren,
- unsociable,
- Pouting,
- cranky,
- heavyhearted,
- wearying,
- sour,
- discoloured,
- gamy,
- disastrous,
- pessimistic,
- unappeasable,
- cumbersome,
- cross,
- Dissatisfying,
- temperamental,
- quelling,
- hapless,
- brutal,
- grave,
- gray,
- overpowering,
- harsh,
- narcotic,
- crabby,
- perverse,
- abating,
- splenetic,
- abject,
- repressive,
- puritanical,
- forlorn,
- Afflicting,
- calming,
- racking,
- ghastly,
- racy,
- ill-humoured,
- sooty,
- blueish,
- secret,
- unlit,
- unforgiving,
- weakening,
- deadening,
- vacant,
- risque,
- despairing,
- bluish.
Paraphrases for Depressing:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
- highest relevancy
- medium relevancy
- lowest relevancy
-
Equivalence
-
Adjective
disheartening, dispiriting, dreary.
-
Adjective
-
Independent
-
Adjective
depressed, disturbing, worrying, sickening, appalling, alarming, sinister, pitiful, sombre, tiresome, disquieting, sobering, boring, Saddened, annoying, tiring, embarrassing, sorry, dire, pessimistic, disgraceful, woeful, shocking, disappointed, negative, regretful.
-
Verb, gerund or present participle
decreasing, Deterring, pressurising, reducing, disheartening, pressuring, lowering, dropping, discouraging, snapping, squeezing, Discounting, Pinching, narrowing, Lobbying, falling, saddening, dispiriting, disturbing, worrying.
-
Adjective
-
Other Related
-
Adjective
distressing, discouraging, disappointing, sad, frustrating, dismal, gloomy, grim, deplorable, bleak, saddening, regrettable, daunting, lamentable, unfortunate, depressive, pathetic, sorrowful, miserable, tragic, disheartened, painful, unhappy, dark.
-
Verb, gerund or present participle
pushing.
-
Adjective
Antonyms for Depressing:
-
adj.
-
discouraging, upsetting
exhilarating, glad, happy, cheerful, joyful, encouraging, sunny, cheering, light, pleasant, bright, comforting.
-
discouraging, upsetting
-
Other antonyms:
-
n.
light-colored, lighting.
-
n.