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Antonyms for depressing

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-pres-ing
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈprɛs ɪŋ


Definition of depressing

Origin :
  • 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.
  • adj discouraging, upsetting
Example sentences :
  • The depressing institutions of that British empire, colonel!'
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • This incident had a depressing effect on the passengers of the disabled ship.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • All of which, although mystifying to us, and depressing, was none the less reassuring.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • There was something mournful and depressing in the sight of her.
  • Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • By those moving lights other depressing things could be seen.
  • Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • The want-ads were just as depressing as usual but he could always get a lift from the comic section.
  • Extract from : « The Velvet Glove » by Harry Harrison
  • Glory found them wearisome, depressing, and often humiliating.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • As the door slammed behind him, Sime took in the depressing scene.
  • Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • The sensation of fever had subsided, and left behind the most depressing debility.
  • Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever
  • It was not for the first time that she had suffered from their depressing after-effects on these two.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

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