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.