Depressing
Depressing adjective - Causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer.
Isolated and depressing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Isolated" instead an adjective "Depressing".
Isolated
Isolated adjective - Screened or sequestered from view.
Depressing and isolated are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Depressing" instead an adjective "Isolated".
Both words in one sentence
- Garfield Minus Garfield depicts Jon Arbuckle as "an isolated young everyman [fighting] a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb," with Garfield the cat being little more than a depressing hallucination.
- It starts out being depressing enough, as Hanako has, out of guilt over her outburst at Hisao and Lilly in the bad ending, isolated herself from Hisao and Lilly for eight years, ending up as a successful but lonely author while they got into a relationship.
Source: From Bad To Worse / Fanfic
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