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1 depressing
adjective (tending to make one sad or gloomy: What a depressing piece of news!) moreč* * *[diprésiŋ]adjective ( depressingly adverb)moreč (skrb) -
2 depress
[di'pres]1) (to make sad or gloomy: I am always depressed by wet weather.) potreti2) (to make less active: This drug depresses the action of the heart.) oslabiti•- depressing
- depression* * *[diprés]transitive verbpritisniti, pritiskati; (po)tlačiti, zatreti, zatirati; figuratively pobiti, pogum vzeti, potreti, oplašiti; poceniti, oslabiti; (glas) znižati; (oči) povesiti -
3 gloomy
1) (sad or depressed: Don't look so gloomy.) potrt2) (depressing: gloomy news.) žalosten3) (dim; dark: gloomy rooms.) mračen* * *[glú:mi]adjective ( gloomily adverb)temen, mračen; mrk, otožen, potrt, žalosten -
4 wet blanket
(a depressing companion.) čemernež* * *[wétblæŋkit]1.nounfigurativelymrzla prha (tuš), dušilo; kvarilec veselja, dobrega razpoloženjato be (like) a wet blanket figuratively delovati kot mrzla prha, kot mrzel tušto put ( —ali to throw) a wet blanket on s.th. figuratively ohladiti kaj;2.to wet-blanket transitive verb strezniti
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depressing — index bleak (not favorable), bleak (severely simple), deplorable, lamentable, lugubrious, ominous, oppressive Burton s Legal Thesaurus … Law dictionary
depressing — [adj] discouraging, upsetting black, bleak, daunting, dejecting, dishearten ing, dismal, dispiriting, distressing, dreary, funereal, gloomy, heartbreaking, hopeless, joyless, melancholic, melancholy, mournful, oppressive, sad, saddening, somber;… … New thesaurus
depressing — adj. 1) depressing to + inf. (it is depressing to read the headlines) 2) depressing that + clause (it s depressing that so many young people use drugs) * * * [dɪ presɪŋ] depressing to + inf. (it is depressing to read the headlines) depressing… … Combinatory dictionary
depressing — de|press|ing [ dı presıŋ ] adjective * something that is depressing makes you feel very unhappy and disappointed: It s depressing to think anyone wants to read this kind of trash. We had a week of dull depressing weather. find something… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
depressing */ — UK [dɪˈpresɪŋ] / US adjective something that is depressing makes you feel very unhappy and disappointed It s depressing to think anyone wants to read this kind of rubbish. We had a week of dull depressing weather. find something depressing: I don … English dictionary
depressing — [[t]dɪpre̱sɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is depressing makes you feel sad and disappointed. Yesterday s unemployment figures were as depressing as those of the previous 22 months... I m rather keen to go on holiday in February because I think … English dictionary
depressing — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, get ▪ find sth ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very … Collocations dictionary
depressing — de|press|ing [dıˈpresıŋ] adj making you feel very sad ▪ It s a depressing thought. ▪ The whole experience was very depressing. >depressingly adv ▪ depressingly poor results … Dictionary of contemporary English
depressing — adjective making you feel very sad: I found the whole experience very depressing. | It s a depressing thought. depressingly adverb: a depressingly familiar story … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
depressing — adjective 1) depressing thoughts Syn: upsetting, distressing, painful, heartbreaking; dismal, bleak, black, somber, gloomy, grave, unhappy, melancholy, sad; wretched, doleful; informal morbid, blue 2) … Thesaurus of popular words
Depressing — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
