depressing

déprimant

Qui rend triste ou fait perdre espoir.

En anglais simple : Making you feel sad or without hope.

• The news is depressing.
• We watched a depressing film last night.
• It is depressing to see so many empty shops.

Comment l'utiliser : find something depressing (I find these dark winter mornings depressing.)

Synonymes : sad, discouraging, disheartening

Contraires : cheerful, uplifting

Expressions courantes : depressing news, depressing thought, depressing film

récessif

Qui fait diminuer l’activité économique, les dépenses ou la production.

En anglais simple : Making business activity, spending, or production decrease.

• The policy had a depressing effect on trade.
• High borrowing costs exert a depressing influence on demand.
• The report describes the economically depressing consequences of the crisis.

Comment l'utiliser : depressing effect on something (Higher taxes had a depressing effect on investment.)

Synonymes : contractionary

Contraires : stimulating

Expressions courantes : depressing effect, economically depressing, depressing influence

abaisser, enfoncer

Faire descendre quelque chose ou le faire passer à un niveau inférieur.

En anglais simple : Making something move down or fall to a lower level.

• She is depressing the brake pedal.
• The machine starts by depressing this button.
• Falling demand is depressing house prices.

Comment l'utiliser : be depressing something (Cheap imports are depressing prices.)

Synonymes : lowering, pressing down

Contraires : raising

Expressions courantes : depressing the pedal, depressing a button, depressing prices