depressing
/dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/ adjective B1- Causing depression or sadness. · The television news was depressing, so rather than start crying I turned it off.
- Causing a reduction in economic activity. · The policy may have a depressing effect on some branches of industry.
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To me, with my nerves worked up to a pitch of expectancy, there was something depressing and subduing in the sudden gloom, and in the cold dank air of the vault.
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