depressing

[dih-pres-ing] /dɪˈprɛs ɪŋ/
adjective
1.
serving to depress; inducing a state of depression:
depressing news.
Origin
1780-90; depress + -ing2
Related forms
depressingly, adverb
nondepressing, adjective
nondepressingly, adverb
undepressing, adjective

depress

[dih-pres] /dɪˈprɛs/
verb (used with object)
1.
to make sad or gloomy; lower in spirits; deject; dispirit.
2.
to lower in force, vigor, activity, etc.; weaken; make dull.
3.
to lower in amount or value.
4.
to put into a lower position:
to depress the muzzle of a gun.
5.
to press down.
6.
Music. to lower in pitch.
Origin
1275-1325; Middle English depressen < Anglo-French, Old French depresser < Latin dēpressus pressed down (past participle of dēprimere, equivalent to de- de- + -primere, combining form of premere to press); see pressure
Related forms
depressible, adjective
depressibility, noun
overdepress, verb (used with object)
undepressible, adjective
Synonyms
1. dishearten, discourage, sadden. See oppress. 3. devalue, cheapen.
Antonyms
4. raise, elevate.
Examples from the web for depressing
  • They are bleak and lonely and depressing and beautiful.
  • Well, reading all the comments thus far was certainly depressing.
  • The amount of likely fruitless speculations is downright depressing.
  • It's actually quite depressing, and does not bode well for our future survival as a species.
  • The depressing answer in every study so far is that interstellar travel is centuries away.
  • OK, this is getting depressing, and it is such a lovely evening.
  • And this is why today's news is profoundly depressing.
  • The type that have got real jobs in universities today are a pretty depressing lot.
  • depressing realizations aside, this is exciting news.
  • If this grisly tale of body-snatching and indentured servitude seems depressing, there is a silver lining.
British Dictionary definitions for depressing

depressing

/dɪˈprɛsɪŋ/
adjective
1.
causing a feeling of dejection or low spirits
Derived Forms
depressingly, adverb

depress

/dɪˈprɛs/
verb (transitive)
1.
to lower in spirits; make gloomy; deject
2.
to weaken or lower the force, vigour, or energy of
3.
to lower prices of (securities or a security market)
4.
to press or push down
5.
to lower the pitch of (a musical sound)
6.
(obsolete) to suppress or subjugate
Derived Forms
depressible, adjective
Word Origin
C14: from Old French depresser, from Latin dēprimere from de- + premere to press1
Word Origin and History for depressing

depress

v.

early 14c., "put down by force," from Old French depresser, from Late Latin depressare, frequentative of Latin deprimere "press down," from de- "down" (see de-) + premere "to press" (see press (v.1)).

Meaning "push down physically" is from early 15c.; that of "deject, make gloomy" is from 1620s; economic sense of "lower in value" is from 1878. Related: Depressed; depressing.

depressing in Medicine

depress de·press (dĭ-prěs')
v.

  1. To lower in spirits; deject.

  2. To cause to drop or sink; lower.

  3. To press down.

  4. To lessen the activity or force of something.