Depressing Definition & Meaning

of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing

devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day

someone suffering psychological depression

sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled; "inconsolable when her son died" causing dejection; "a blue day

causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather

destructive of morale and self-reliance

depressingly dark; "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn

not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity

experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died