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depressing

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??p??s??(?)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /d??p??s??/

Adjective

depressing (comparative more depressing, superlative most depressing)

  1. Causing depression or sadness.
    The television news was depressing, so rather than start crying I turned it off.
  2. Causing a reduction in economic activity.
    The policy may have a depressing effect on some branches of industry.

Synonyms

  • distressing
  • saddening
  • unpleasant

Translations

Verb

depressing

  1. present participle of depress

Anagrams

  • predesigns

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plaintive

English

Etymology

From Middle English pleintif, plentyff, from French plaintif (“aggrieved, lamenting”), from plainte (“lament, complaint”); see plaint. Doublet of plaintiff.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ple?nt?v/

Adjective

plaintive (comparative more plaintive, superlative most plaintive)

  1. Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.

Related terms

  • plaint
  • plaintiff

Translations

Further reading

  • plaintive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • plaintive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Adjective

plaintive

  1. feminine singular of plaintif

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