adjective. Causing especially emotional depression.

adjective. Dismal; dreary.

adjective. Causing depression or sadness.

verb. Present participle of depress.

adjective. causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

"The report, which he described as depressing, also showed that those left in schools would not acquire the necessary education at the primary, junior and secondary levels."

assuring  cheering  

blue  dark  dingy  disconsolate  dismal  

Lessing  acquiescing  addressing  assessing  blessing  

Cimmerian  affecting  afflictive  atrabilious  bitter  

depress