Definition for Depressing:

• of Depress

Synonyms for Depressing:

• adj.

  •black (adjective)
  • doleful,
  • sombre.
  •boring (adjective)
  • humdrum,
  • insipid,
  • monotonous,
  • commonplace,
  • mundane,
  • dull,
  • tiresome,
  • dry,
  • prosaic,
  • tedious,
  • boring,
  • wearisome.
  •discouraging, upsetting (adjective)
  • hopeless,
  • Dejecting,
  • daunting.

• n.

  •
  • terrible.

• v.

  •de-motivating (verb)
  • throttling,
  • Paralyzing,
  • curbing,
  • Hampering,
  • de-motivating,
  • hindering,
  • stifling,
  • frustrating,
  • impeding.
  •depressing (verb)
  • lowering,
  • Attenuating,
  • decreasing,
  • debasing,
  • sinking.
  •dissuading (verb)
  • inhibiting,
  • banning,
  • chilling,
  • Restraining,
  • Preventing,
  • Checking,
  • Dissuading,
  • barring,
  • Deterring,
  • admonishing,
  • Derailing,
  • Disinclining,
  • Deflecting,
  • diverting,
  • averting,
  • intimidating,
  • dampening.
  •lowering (verb)
  • shortening,
  • Plunging,
  • dropping,
  • deepening,
  • submerging.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • melting,
  • moody,
  • unhappy,
  • shattering,
  • soul-destroying,
  • unfortunate,
  • lachrymose,
  • sadly.
  •
  • bittersweet.
  •affecting
  • pitiful.
  •Other relevant words:
  • 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:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    disheartening, dispiriting, dreary.

• 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.

• 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.

Antonyms for Depressing:

• adj.

  • discouraging, upsetting
    exhilarating, glad, happy, cheerful, joyful, encouraging, sunny, cheering, light, pleasant, bright, comforting.
  • Other antonyms:
    joyous, optimistic, stimulating, cordial, stirring, inspiring, uplifting, friendly, sunshiny, thrilling, agreeable, welcome.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    light-colored, lighting.

Homophones for Depressing:

• day of reckoning, diverseness, data processing, divergence, diverging, divergency.