"depressing" meaning in English

See depressing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)/ [UK], /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/ [US] Forms: more depressing [comparative], most depressing [superlative]
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  1. Causing depression or sadness. Synonyms: distressing, saddening, unpleasant, lamentable, cheerless Translations (causing depression or sadness): ճնշող (čnšoġ) (Armenian), ծանր (canr) (Armenian), гнятлі́вы (hnjatlívy) (Belarusian), тягостен (tjagosten) (Bulgarian), угнетителен (ugnetitelen) (Bulgarian), depriment (Catalan), 令人沮喪的 (Chinese Mandarin), 令人沮丧的 (lìngrén jǔsàng de) (Chinese Mandarin), deprimerend (Dutch), masentava (Finnish), déprimant (French), deprimente (Galician), deprimierend (German), bedrückend (German), καταθλιπτικός (katathliptikós) (Greek), מדכא (medake') (Hebrew), nyomasztó (Hungarian), lehangoló (Hungarian), deprimáló (Hungarian), gruama (Irish), deprimente (Italian), bedrekjent (Plautdietsch), powodujący depresję (Polish), deprimente (Portuguese), гнету́щий (gnetúščij) (Russian), тя́гостный (tjágostnyj) (Russian), уны́лый (unýlyj) (Russian), наводя́щий тоску́ (navodjáščij toskú) (Russian), депресси́вный (depressívnyj) (Russian), удруча́ющий (udručájuščij) (Russian), deprimente (Spanish), deprimerande (Swedish), deppig [colloquial] (Swedish), น่าหดหู่ (Thai), น่าเศร้า (Thai), гнітю́чий (hnitjúčyj) (Ukrainian), тужли́вий (tužlývyj) (Ukrainian), похму́рий (poxmúryj) (Ukrainian), сумни́й (sumnýj) (Ukrainian)
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  2. Causing a reduction in economic activity. Translations (causing a reduction in economic activity): 使蕭條 (Chinese Mandarin), 使萧条 (Chinese Mandarin), 使萧条 (shǐ xiāotiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), hidastava (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: depressingly, depressingness, superdepressing, undepressing

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)/ [UK], /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/ [US]
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      "sense": "causing a reduction in economic activity",
      "word": "使蕭條"
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      "roman": "shǐ xiāotiáo",
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