Depressing vs. Depressed
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Difference Between Depressing and Depressed
Depressingadjective
Causing depression or sadness.
The television news was depressing, so rather than start crying I turned it off.Depressedverb
simple past tense and past participle of depress
Depressingadjective
Causing a reduction in economic activity.
The policy may have a depressing effect on some branches of industry.Depressedadjective
unhappy; despondent
Depressingadjective
causing dejection;
a blue daythe dark days of the wara week of rainy depressing weathera disconsolate winter landscapethe first dismal dispiriting days of Novembera dark gloomy daygrim rainy weatherDepressedadjective
Suffering from clinical depression.
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Depressingadjective
causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom;
a gloomy outlookgloomy newsDepressedadjective
Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.
Depressedadjective
lower than previously;
the market is depressedprices are downDepressedadjective
flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
Depressedadjective
low in spirits;
lonely and blue in a strange citydepressed by the loss of his joba dispirited and resigned expression on her facedowncast after his defeatfeeling discouraged and downheartedDepressedadjective
having the central portion lower than the margin;
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