Depressing synonyms such as blue, black, and bleak. Depressing is an adjective, and its antonyms are uplifting and encouraging. Additionally, here are 42 synonyms, related words, and verbs for depressing.
Black, bleak, blue, cheerless, comfortless, dark, daunting, dejecting, demoralizing, dingy, discouraging, disenchanting, disheartening, dismal, dispiriting, distressful, distressing, doleful, drab, drear, dreary, funereal, gloomy, grave, grim, heart-rending, heartbreaking, joyless, lachrymose, melancholy, miserable, morbid, painful, sad, saddening, sombre, unfavourable, unhappy, uninviting, upsetting, and wretched.