depressive
Americanadjective
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tending to cause depression.
depressive environmental factors.
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characterized by depression, especially mental depression.
noun
adjective
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tending to depress; causing depression
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psychol tending to be subject to periods of depression See also manic-depressive
Other Word Forms
- depressively adverb
- depressiveness noun
- nondepressive adjective
- nondepressively adverb
- overdepressive adjective
- overdepressively adverb
- overdepressiveness noun
- postdepressive adjective
- undepressive adjective
- undepressively adverb
- undepressiveness noun
Etymology
Origin of depressive
Example Sentences
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Of these participants, 259 had schizophrenia and 177 had affective disorders that included bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder with psychosis.
From Science Daily
Patients living with major depressive disorder, including those who have not improved with commonly prescribed antidepressants, may benefit from short-term nitrous oxide treatment, according to a large meta-analysis led by the University of Birmingham.
From Science Daily
“Like I said, you are a depressive. I’ll see you next time.”
From Salon
Because healthy communication between brain cells is essential for regulating emotions, the researchers focused their work on the hippocampus, a region involved in memory, stress responses, and the development of depressive symptoms.
From Science Daily
Her lawyers had argued she was not guilty by reason of insanity and that the death of her husband in 2017 sent her into a depressive spiral.
From Barron's
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