depressingly

• ظرف يُستعمل لوصف شيء يبعث على الحزن أو الكآبة أو الإحباط، أو يجعل المرء يشعر باليأس والانقباض. كثيرًا ما يعدّل الصفات أو الأفعال ليؤكد على جانب سلبي أو مثبط.

An adverb used to describe something that causes a feeling of sadness, gloom, or disappointment. It often modifies adjectives or verbs to emphasize a negative or disheartening quality.

1. In a saddening mannerB2formal

   In a way that causes sadness, gloom, or a feeling of hopelessness.

   بشكل محزن

   • The weather was depressingly gray and rainy all week.
   • She looked depressingly at the pile of unfinished work.
   • The results of the survey were depressingly predictable.

   المرادفاتbleaklydiscouraginglydismallydrearilygloomilysadlywoefully

   الأضدادcomfortinglyencouraginglyreassuringly

2. To a disappointing degreeC1formal

   Used to emphasize that something is worse or less than expected.

   بشكل محبِط

   • The attendance at the event was depressingly low.
   • His performance was depressingly mediocre.
   • The amount of progress made was depressingly small.

   المرادفاتdiscouraginglydismallydistressinglyregrettablysadly

   الأضدادencouraginglyhopefully