Depressingly
adverb
In a way that causes unhappiness or sadness.
The weather today is depressingly rainy.
Often appears as...
- depressingly familiar
- depressingly common
adverb
An action done so poorly it makes you feel disappointed or upset.
He plays the piano depressingly.
Often appears as...
- depressingly bad
- depressingly low
Usage tips
Disapproving
adverb
In a way that causes unhappiness or sadness.
The weather today is depressingly rainy.
Often appears as...
- depressingly familiar
- depressingly common
adverb
An action done so poorly it makes you feel disappointed or upset.
He plays the piano depressingly.
Often appears as...
- depressingly bad
- depressingly low
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Used to express a strong, negative emotional reaction to something that's disheartening.
The documentary about the environment was depressingly informative.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal
Doesn't mean physically depressing something; it's about an emotional effect.
The news about the layoffs was depressingly unavoidable.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Accent
When something is not just sad, but overwhelmingly so.
Her novel ended on a depressingly tragic note.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Used to express a strong, negative emotional reaction to something that's disheartening.
The documentary about the environment was depressingly informative.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal
Doesn't mean physically depressing something; it's about an emotional effect.
The news about the layoffs was depressingly unavoidable.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Accent
When something is not just sad, but overwhelmingly so.
Her novel ended on a depressingly tragic note.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Used to express a strong, negative emotional reaction to something that's disheartening.
The documentary about the environment was depressingly informative.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal
Doesn't mean physically depressing something; it's about an emotional effect.
The news about the layoffs was depressingly unavoidable.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Accent
When something is not just sad, but overwhelmingly so.
Her novel ended on a depressingly tragic note.
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Video examples
Eric Liu: Why ordinary...
of a prior arrangement, an inherited allocation, of power. As a result of all of this creeping fatalism in public life, we here, particularly in America today, have depressingly low levels
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 352 PIPE...
wilderness gives what the world wants to give and most depressingly of course is the fact that david to get them to go to he's down in the masai mara also searching no pressure
Video examples
Eric Liu: Why ordinary...
of a prior arrangement, an inherited allocation, of power. As a result of all of this creeping fatalism in public life, we here, particularly in America today, have depressingly low levels
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 352 PIPE...
wilderness gives what the world wants to give and most depressingly of course is the fact that david to get them to go to he's down in the masai mara also searching no pressure
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Mika Brzezinski
American Journalist
Women face enough pressures and challenges in a workplace that is still depressingly biased against a female's success. Add to that, the fact that the very thing many women I know find most rewarding (having kids) is now frowned upon.
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Fiona Bruce
British Journalist
I'm astonished at the freedom with which a depressingly large number of men feel they can just say what they want and write the most hideously misogynistic stuff about women.
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A. A. Gill
British Writer
Being able to afford everything you desire is not, by any means, the worst thing that can happen to you. But, depressingly, and more profoundly, neither is it the best.
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Mark Fisher
British Writer
Star Wars' was a sell-out from the start, and that is just about the only remarkable thing about this depressingly mediocre franchise.
Quote examples
Mika Brzezinski
American Journalist
Women face enough pressures and challenges in a workplace that is still depressingly biased against a female's success. Add to that, the fact that the very thing many women I know find most rewarding (having kids) is now frowned upon.
Quote examples
Fiona Bruce
British Journalist
I'm astonished at the freedom with which a depressingly large number of men feel they can just say what they want and write the most hideously misogynistic stuff about women.
Quote examples
A. A. Gill
British Writer
Being able to afford everything you desire is not, by any means, the worst thing that can happen to you. But, depressingly, and more profoundly, neither is it the best.
Quote examples
Mark Fisher
British Writer
Star Wars' was a sell-out from the start, and that is just about the only remarkable thing about this depressingly mediocre franchise.
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