depressive Definition
de·pres·sive (dē pres′iv, di-)
adjective
- tending to depress
- characterized by psychological depression
noun
a person suffering from psychological depression
depressive Related Forms
de·pres′·sively adverb
depressive Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- symptomatology: However, there are virtually no studies looking at subject-specific academic performance in learning disabled students who present some type of depressive symptomatology.
- illness: His mother had suffered from a severe depressive illness for much of Jeremy's life.
- symptom: However, long term exposure to ecstasy may result in increased depressive symptoms.
- disorder: There may be an underlying depressive disorder or generalized anxiety.
- relapse: An information-processing analysis is presented of mindfulness and mindlessness, and of their relevance to preventing depressive relapse.
- episode: He had his first depressive episode during his medical training.
Modifying Another Word
- very: The " manic " phase inevitably falls back to a normal or very depressive state.
- generally: Almost incessant weeping, and lots of talk about low self-esteem, inability to cope, fear, and generally depressive.
- quite: Martin Luther, the reformer, was quite depressive throughout his life.
Used with adjective complement
become: During that time, my wife died of a brain tumor, and I became depressive.
Browse dictionary entries near depressive
- ‹ Depression glass
- ‹ depression
- ‹ depressing
- ‹ depressible
- ‹ depressed
- ‹ depressant
- ‹ depress
- ‹ depredation
- ‹ depredate
- ‹ depreciation
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