Synonyms for depressing
de·press·ing

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1. depressing

   Synonyms:
   disappointing, distressing, hateful, horrible, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, saddening, woful, wretched

   Antonyms:
   acceptable, agreeable, congenial, delicious, delightful, grateful, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, satisfying, welcome

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1. depressing, cheerless, uncheerfuladjective

   causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

   "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"

   Synonyms:
   uncheerful, cheerless

   Antonyms:
   beaming, debonair, smiling(a), lighthearted, perky, sunny, cheerful, beamish, debonaire, blithesome, buoyant, cheery, light-hearted, glad, blithe, jaunty, gay, chipper, chirpy, lightsome, twinkly

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1. List of paraphrases for "depressing":

   dismal, sad, disheartening, discouraging, disappointing, gloomy, frustrating, distressing, grim, dispiriting, demoralizing, bleak

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1. President Mandela:

   It got a bit depressing to see that nothing much was changing, it was hard to find positive aspects out in the townships to photograph and to celebrate.

2. David Duchovny:

   He's a guy, at the age that he is, without a job, he's gone through [what's akin to] a divorce, or at least a separation. It doesn't have to do with the nonfulfillment of the [2012 alien] prophecy. I think he's got more human things that are depressing him. And I'm not agreeing that he may be depressed. I think that's a false diagnosis.

3. The Fund:

   Such market reactions could sharply contract economic activity, further depressing asset prices in a self-reinforcing cycle.

4. Elaine Santore:

   The winter was so hard on everybody and so depressing, i wanted to do something creative to solve a problem we have every year and bring a smile to people's faces.

5. Hikaru Sato:

   This is depressing because we are talking about a period before worries about a China-led slowdown in the global economy hit, for this quarter and beyond, China's cooling demand could hit our economy so it's not looking good.