depressing B1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/ UK /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)/ See IPA manual Freq #7377 Meanings 1 adj Making you feel sad and without hope. The news about the floods was really depressing. 2 adj Causing a fall in economic activity. The new tax could have a depressing effect on small businesses. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · making you feel sad and... cheerlessbleakdismal More grim Word family Forms depressingly Derived forms depressinglydepressingnesssuperdepressingundepressing Common collocations depressing picture Adjective + noun Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # depressing **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)/ **Frequency rank:** 7377 ## Meanings 1. Making you feel sad and without hope. 2. Causing a fall in economic activity. ## Examples - The news about the floods was really depressing. - The new tax could have a depressing effect on small businesses. ## Synonyms - grim ## Derived Forms - depressingly - depressingness - superdepressing - undepressing ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown