depressing thought
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdepressingandthought
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depressing
adjective
uk/dɪˈpres.ɪŋ/us/dɪˈpres.ɪŋ/
making you feel unhappy and without hope for ...
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thought
noun[C or U]
uk/θɔːt/us/θɑːt/
the act of thinking about or considering something, an idea or opinion, or a set of ideas about a ...
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(Definition ofdepressingandthoughtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is adepressingthought.
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Remembering the experiences of my own boyhood, that is adepressingthought.
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This must be a verydepressingthoughtfor us all.
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We are told that composers are not very happy, and that is adepressingthought.
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It must be a mostdepressingthoughtfor him.
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A second somewhatdepressingthoughtis that the scientists inform us that we are still only on the fringe of atomic energy exploration.
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That is a verydepressingthoughtfor them.
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They have thedepressingthoughtof not knowing their future.
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It is adepressingthoughtif both parents happen to die in a tragedy and leave infant children.
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This is a very debilitating anddepressingthought.
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What adepressingthoughtit is that elder statesmen who have held high office have not lifted their horizons of knowledge above such prejudice.
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That ratherdepressingthoughtemerges at the moment.
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It is adepressingthoughtthat there are people who, in this highly dangerous field, can be described as careless and dangerous and indifferent to their fellow-men.
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That is a verydepressingthought!
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That is a profoundlydepressingthought.
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I must say that it is a verydepressingthoughtthat the average person to-day seems to care so little for his own independence and for family responsibility.
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That is really a verydepressingthought.
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Moreover, it is an immenselydepressingthoughtbecause if we are incapable of competing with foreign products in our own home market, what chance have we of competing overseas?
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