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This rainy weather is depressing.
He paints a depressing picture of modern life.
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The Dubs, meanwhile, are a sad, depressing mess.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
One day, one of the less depressing reminders of said past comes knocking in the form of an old Navy SEAL buddy, Calvin (Logan Marshall-Green, who’s evolved from Tom Hardy clone to Jon Bernthal lookalike).
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
But Funt’s writing about sports gambling’s ‘winners’ is almost as depressing as the look at its losers.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
The fact that he was voted out first is all the more depressing.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
One day, one of the less depressing reminders of said past comes knocking in the form of an old Navy SEAL buddy, Calvin (Logan Marshall-Green, who’s evolved from Tom Hardy clone to Jon Bernthal lookalike).
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
But Funt’s writing about sports gambling’s ‘winners’ is almost as depressing as the look at its losers.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
The fact that he was voted out first is all the more depressing.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Depressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depressing. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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