depressing
Variant of depress
depress
Definition
de·press (dē pres′, di-)
transitive verb
- to press down; push or pull down; lower
- to lower in spirits; make gloomy; discourage; sadden
- to decrease the force or activity of; weaken
- to lower in value, price, or amount
- Obsolete to suppress
- Music to lower the pitch of
Etymology: ME depressen < OFr depresser < L depressus, pp. of deprimere, to press down, sink < de-, down + premere, to press
depressing
Synonyms
depressing
Usage Examples
Object
- clutch: Can you hear the squeak when depressing the clutch pedal with the engine switched off?
Used with why or when
- when: Heavens, but I was depressing when I took the pen in hand!
Infinitive complement
- hear: As we left it was depressing to hear him described as ' Eric Clapton of the 21st century ' .
Browse dictionary entries near depressing
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- depredator
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- depredated
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