depressing Syllabification: (de·press·ing)Pronunciation: /diˈpresiNG/Translate depressing | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of depressing adjective causing or resulting in a feeling of miserable dejection:that thought is too depressing for words causing a damaging reduction in economic activity:the mortgage rate increase will have a depressing effect on the housing marketDerivatives depressingly adverb depressing in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of depressing in the British & World English dictionary