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depressing 音標拼音: [dɪpr'ɛsɪŋ] a. 抑壓的,沉悶的,陰沉的 抑壓的,沈悶的,陰沈的 depressing adj 1: causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; " the economic outlook is depressing"; " something cheerless about the room"; " a moody and uncheerful person"; " an uncheerful place" [ synonym: { depressing}, { cheerless}, { uncheerful}] [ ant: { cheerful}] Depress \ De* press"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Depressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Depressing}.] [ L. depressus, p. p. of deprimere; de- premere to press. See { Press}.] 1. To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes. " With lips depressed." -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Math.) To reduce ( an equation) in a lower degree. [ 1913 Webster] { To depress the pole} ( Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator. Syn: To sink; lower; abase; cast down; deject; humble; degrade; dispirit; discourage. [ 1913 Webster] 51 Moby Thesaurus words for " depressing": affecting, afflictive, bitter, black, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, deplorable, depressant, depressive, discomforting, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dismaying, dispiriting, distressful, distressing, dolorific, dolorogenic, dolorous, down, dreary, funereal, grievous, joyless, lamentable, melancholic, melancholy, mournful, moving, oppressive, painful, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, poignant, regrettable, rueful, sad, saddening, sharp, somber, sore, sorrowful, touching, triste, uncomfortable, woebegone, woeful, wretched
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