This rainy weather is depressing.
He paints a depressing picture of modern life.
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Gambling today, however, is a sad and depressing experience, nothing like my dad’s and my Atlantic City adventure.—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2025 And yet, somehow, the most depressing show on TV—with the exception of any news broadcast, at least—is a reality soap about bougie couples in the suburbs of Los Angeles.—Judy Berman, Time, 13 Aug. 2025 So much of the news is toxic or depressing or paralyzing.—Maria Bamford, Vulture, 22 July 2025 Henry Cavill’s work in the Snyder-verse, meanwhile, was an intentional but depressing swerve, portraying the Man of Steel as distant and alienated from human society.—David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for depressing
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