Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Tending to depress or lower.
- adjective Depressing; gloomy.
- adjective Of or relating to psychological depression.
- noun A person suffering from psychological depression.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Able or tending to depress or cast down.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Able or tending to depress or cast down.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Tending to produce
depression ;dispiriting ;melancholy . - adjective Being
depressed ;dispirited ;melancholic . - noun A person suffering from
depression .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone suffering psychological depression
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Examples
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This chapter is devoted to a discussion of the specific set of behaviors and feelings that make up what we call the depressive syndrome.
Control Your Depression Peter M. Lewinsohn 1986
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Ladislav von Meduna started seizure therapy by intravenous injection of cardiazol (in depressive states), a therapy that was abandoned when in 1938 the Italians Cerletti and Bini introduced electric convulsive therapy, E.C.T., for severe mental states.
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Nolen-Hoeksema’s research clearly shows that this kind of thinking—which she calls depressive rumination—quickly deteriorates into a vicious downward spiral that exacerbates the severity and length of depression.
The Time Paradox Philip Zimbardo 2008
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Nolen-Hoeksema’s research clearly shows that this kind of thinking—which she calls depressive rumination—quickly deteriorates into a vicious downward spiral that exacerbates the severity and length of depression.
The Time Paradox Philip Zimbardo 2008
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Nolen-Hoeksema’s research clearly shows that this kind of thinking—which she calls depressive rumination—quickly deteriorates into a vicious downward spiral that exacerbates the severity and length of depression.
The Time Paradox Philip Zimbardo 2008
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Nolen-Hoeksema’s research clearly shows that this kind of thinking—which she calls depressive rumination—quickly deteriorates into a vicious downward spiral that exacerbates the severity and length of depression.
The Time Paradox Philip Zimbardo 2008
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I suppose I've made some personal progress in admitting openly that I am depressive, which is to say I have not been formally diagnosed as such, but I suspect I could be.
Fathers Day joshenglish 2008
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The depressive ... but the depressive is the very opposite of the hollow man!
The depressive Adam Roberts Project 2007
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The depressive ... but the depressive is the very opposite of the hollow man!
Archive 2007-04-01 Adam Roberts Project 2007
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I could never be described as a depressive person, but I seem to be doing a good impression of it this season.
The dark half of the year. slimmeroftheyea 2006
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