depressing 音标拼音: [dɪpr'ɛsɪŋ]
a . 抑压的,沉闷的,阴沉的
抑压的,沈闷的,阴沈的
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 .
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2 .
To bring down or humble ;
to abase ,
as pride .
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3 .
To cast a gloom upon ;
to sadden ;
as ,
his spirits were depressed .
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4 .
To lessen the activity of ;
to make dull ;
embarrass ,
as trade ,
commerce ,
etc .
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5 .
To lessen in price ;
to cause to decline in value ;
to cheapen ;
to depreciate .
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6 . (
Math .)
To reduce (
an equation )
in a lower degree .
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{
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 .
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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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