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Depressing vs Calamitous - What's the difference?

depressing | calamitous | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between depressing and calamitous

is that depressing is causing depression or sadness while calamitous is concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.

As a verb depressing

is present participle of lang=en.

depressing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing depression or sadness.
    • The television news was depressing , so rather than start crying I turned it off.

    Synonyms

    * unpleasant

    Verb

    (head)

    • calamitous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
  • :The city was struck by a calamitous cyclone.

    • Synonyms

    * destructive * fatal