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. Adam Sandler:

   I think the distance between those two things was good. It let me look at it differently and allowed it to be funny. I think if had happened before, The Wedding Singer would have been one seriously depressing movie.

2. Mark Savchuk:

   Nothing is changing whatsoever, the fact that people in the world still listen to Russians is super depressing.

3. Ada Hegerberg:

   It was tough at so many camps. I have been broken mentally, it has been a deeply depressing feeling. I had nightmares after being with the national team, you shouldn't have things like that. If you want to get anywhere in life you have to make choices.

4. Joshuah Morton:

   Sitting at home all the time was getting depressing.

5. Tommy Wolikow:

   It's depressing because so many people depend on it, and so many people left the community with the thought in their mind that, you know what ? Our union's strong and our union's going to get us back to work in Lordstown one day.