Meaning
depressing
- causing feelings of sadness, gloom, or discouragement
In a sentence
Oggi c'è un tempo grigio e davvero deprimente in tutta la città.
Today there is gloomy and truly depressing weather across the whole city.
Non trovi deprimente lavorare in una stanza senza finestre?
Don't you find it depressing to work in a windowless room?
Il finale di quel romanzo non era allegro, anzi era deprimente.
The ending of that novel was not cheerful; on the contrary, it was depressing.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| deprimente | masculine · singular |
| deprimente | feminine · singular |
| deprimenti | masculine · plural |
| deprimenti | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Ends in -e in the singular and takes -i in the plural for both genders.