Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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depressing | No | Yes | No | No |
melancholy | Yes | Yes | No | No |
depressing (noun) | melancholy (noun) |
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a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy | |
a feeling of thoughtful sadness | |
a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed |
depressing (adjective) | melancholy (adjective) |
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causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | grave or even gloomy in character |
characterized by or causing or expressing sadness |