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present participle of depress
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Recent Examples of depressing
Adjective
The news is depressing, and now the Tribune is ignoring what is, for those who are not sports fans, their leading form of entertainment. Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025 This is not to say that the Moomin books are depressing. Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
At the moment, however, inflation remains higher than hoped and the affordability crunch continues depressing aspiring homebuyers' chances of getting on the property ladder. William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025 Isn’t the world depressing enough right now without having to see that? Lynette Rice, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for depressing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depressing
Adjective
  • Yes, there are good reasons to question NASA's long-term plans for the Artemis lunar program—the woeful cost of the Space Launch System rocket, the complexity of new commercial landers, and a bleak budget outlook.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • That's rather bleak, while Charlie Sheen's life has just been bonkers.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This one is trickier and sadder to think about.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Composite image created by Newsweek shows two older people looking worried and a piggy bank with a sad face on its side.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The news was saddening for Jewell — but also alarming for the defense.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • As well as job displacement, AI risks deepening wealth inequality—concentrating the gains among those who own or are able to leverage its abilities, while throwing the remainder into the same basket of the formerly employable unemployed.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • In the show, following Conrad's surprise arrival in Paris the day before Belly's 22nd birthday, the pair spent some time together sightseeing before heading to the party Belly's Parisian friends were throwing her.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The confirmation came just two days before the Fed is expected to vote on reducing its key interest rate.
    Adeola Adeosun Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Every action counts, whether reducing HFCs, investing in sustainable cooling, or holding governments accountable for climate commitments.
    Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After the sentencing, a county courthouse bailiff took Martinez’s fingerprints, pressing each digit into a small case of ink for the former police officer’s criminal file.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Dredge in panko, pressing gently to adhere.
    Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Buchwald pointed to research from The Lancet Psychiatry which found adults who engaged in regular physical activity experienced a 25 percent reduction in depressive symptoms.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • As someone who has never been swayed by Gad’s particular brand of obnoxiously chipper humor, Noah’s depressive snark finds him in a much more comfortable register.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The end of that era came slowly, through the pathetic collapse of Syria and Lebanon as functioning states, and then quickly, when Israel began touching Hezbollah in unexpected places.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Want the poop on this pathetic history?
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Depressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depressing. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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