Depressing Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-prĕsĭng
Push down
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. reducing
  2. lowering
  3. downgrading
  4. devaluing
  5. depreciating
  6. cheapening
Antonyms:
  1. increasing
  2. raising
  3. uplifting
Cause to drop or sink
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. lowering
  2. reducing
  3. squashing
  4. dropping

Words Related to Depressing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Depressing Sentence Examples

  • I'm not overly anxious to get back on that depressing ship.

  • Oh. I suppose the atmosphere is a little depressing around here right now.

  • He wished to sleep, but he knew he would not be able to and that most depressing thoughts came to him in bed.

  • Physostigmine, the active principle of the Calabar bean, acts chiefly as a stimulant to voluntary and involuntary muscles, and at the same time exercises a depressing effect upon the spinal cord.

  • Dean spent the balance of Friday wading through paperwork, a chore made more depressing than usual because yesterday's driz­zle had given birth to a storybook spring day.

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