depressing (a)
cheerless (a)
uncheerful#4 (a)

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type a
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def causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
examples the economic outlook is depressing
something cheerless about the room
a moody and uncheerful person
an uncheerful place
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Also see joyless; unhappy
Attribute cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine
Derivationally related form uncheerful → uncheerfulness
Derivationally related form uncheerful → uncheerfulness
Derivationally related form cheerless → cheerlessness
Antonym depressing → cheerful
Similar to blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary; somber, sombre, melancholy
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Antonym cheerful → depressing
Similar to blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary; somber, sombre, melancholy
Also see unhappy; joyless
Derived from adjective depressingly → depressing
Attribute cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine
Derivationally related form uncheerfulness → uncheerful
Derivationally related form uncheerfulness → uncheerful
Derivationally related form cheerlessness → cheerless

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