Word for the day: depressing

depressing |dɪˈprɛs.ɪŋ|                                      *depresivo (en Español)DEFINITIONadjective1 causing or resulting in a feeling of miserable dejection: that thought is too depressing for words.2 causing a damaging reduction in economic activity: the mortgage rate increase will have a depressing effect on the housing market.

DERIVATIVESdepressingly adverb
ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French depresser, from late Latin depressare, frequentative ofdeprimere ‘press down’.

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