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depressing

Divide depressing into syllables:

de · press · ing

How to pronounce depressing:

Synonyms for depressing:

black
bleak
blue
cheer
cheerfulness
cheerless
chill
cloudy
cold
comfortless
dark
darkening
daunting
dejecting
depressed
depressive
desolate
dire
disconsolate
discouraging
disheartening
dismal
dispiriting
distressing
drab
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Antonyms for depressing:

airy
animated
blissful
blithe
blithesome
breezy
bright
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
bubbly
buoyant
carefree
cheerful
cheering
cheery
chipper
chirpy
cock-a-hoop
comic
content
ebullient
ecstatic
elated
encouraging
eupeptic
euphoric
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