Synonyms
- black
- bleak
- cheerless
- chill
- Cimmerian
- cloudy
- cold
- comfortless
- dark
- darkening
- depressive
- desolate
- dire
- disconsolate
- dismal
- drear
- dreary
- dreich [chiefly Scottish]
- elegiac
- elegiacal
- forlorn
- funereal
- gloomy
- glum
- godforsaken
- gray
- grey
- lonely
- lonesome
- lugubrious
- miserable
- morbid
- morose
- murky
- plutonian
- saturnine
- sepulchral
- solemn
- somber
- sombre
- sullen
- sunless
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- wretched
Examples of depressing in a Sentence
This rainy weather is depressing.
He paints a depressing picture of modern life.
Recent Examples on the Web
At some point during a routine seven-hour trip from his Oregon district to Washington, Representative Earl Blumenauer, 75, a Democrat who has served in Congress for almost three decades, experienced a depressing epiphany.
—
Robert Draper, New York Times, 30 May 2024
Noem criticism What a contrast was Biden’s demoralizing, depressing, divisive speech with the uplifting, encouraging address President Obama gave the graduates at the same college in 2013.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
Ex-employees felt that the spot did little to remove taboos or reframe periods as anything but a depressing hassle.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 28 May 2024
The former, too tedious; the latter, too depressing.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for depressing 
Robert Draper, New York Times, 30 May 2024
Noem criticism What a contrast was Biden’s demoralizing, depressing, divisive speech with the uplifting, encouraging address President Obama gave the graduates at the same college in 2013.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
Ex-employees felt that the spot did little to remove taboos or reframe periods as anything but a depressing hassle.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 28 May 2024
The former, too tedious; the latter, too depressing.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for depressing
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'depressing.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near depressing
Cite this Entry
“Depressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depressing. Accessed 12 Jun. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share