depressiveadj.

/dɪˈprɛsɪv/

Etymology: < Latin dēpress-, participial stem of dēprimĕre to press down, depress adj. + -ive suffix.

1. Tending to press or force down. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [adjective] > pressing or forcing down

depressive1620

depriment1713

depressing1882

1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 112 By reason of their compressiue and depressiue force, they protrude and driue downe the meats from the stomacke.

2. figurative.

a. Tending to produce depression, esp. of the spirits; of depressing nature.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing

darkOE

unmerryOE

deathlyc1225

dolefulc1275

elengec1275

dreicha1300

coolc1350

cloudyc1374

sada1375

colda1400

deadlya1400

joylessc1400

unjoyful?c1400

disconsolatea1413

mournfula1425

funeralc1425

uncheerfulc1449

dolent1489

dolesome1533

heavy-hearted1555

glum1558

ungladsome1558

black1562

pleasureless1567

dern1570

plaintive?1570

glummish1573

cheerless1575

comfortless1576

wintry1579

glummy1580

funebral1581

discouraging1584

dernful?1591

murk1596

recomfortless1596

sullen1597

amating1600

lugubrious1601

dusky1602

sable1603

funebrial1604

damping1607

mortifying1611

tearful?1611

uncouth1611

dulsome1613

luctual1613

dismal1617

winterous1617

unked1620

mopish1621

godforsaken?1623

uncheerly1627

funebrious1630

lugubrous1632

drearisome1633

unheartsome1637

feral1641

drear1645

darksome1649

sadding1649

saddening1650

disheartening1654

funebrous1654

luctiferous1656

mestifical1656

tristifical1656

sooty1657

dreary1667

tenebrose1677

clouded1682

tragicala1700

funereal1707

gloomy1710

sepulchrala1711

dumpishc1717

bleaka1719

depressive1727

lugubre1727

muzzy1728

dispiriting1733

uncheery1760

unconsolatory1760

unjolly1764

Decemberly1765

sombre1768

uncouthie1768

depressing1772

unmirthful1782

sombrous1789

disanimating1791

Decemberish1793

grey1794

uncheering1796

ungenial1796

uncomforting1798

disencouraginga1806

stern1812

chilling1815

uncheered1817

dejecting1818

mopey1821

desponding1828

wisht1829

leadening1835

unsportful1837

demoralizing1840

Novemberish1840

frigid1844

morne1844

tragic1848

wet-blanketty1848

morgue1850

ungladdeneda1851

adusk1856

smileless1858

soul-sick1858

Novemberya1864

saturnine1863

down1873

lacklustre1883

Heaven-abandoneda1907

downbeat1952

doomy1967

1727 J. Thomson Britannia 274 Even where the keen depressive North descends.

1789 Ann. Reg. 1787 Misc. Ess. 157/1 A compliance with this request would lead her friends into some depressive sensations.

1828 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor VI. xxix. 319 In regions so depressive both to the bodily and intellectual powers.

1862 F. E. Anstie in Cornhill Mag. Nov. 607 It is a kind of stimulation..which is not followed by any unhealthy depressive reaction.

b. Involving or characterized by depression as a psychiatric illness. Hence as n., one who suffers from this condition. Cf. manic-depressive adj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > depressive

vapourish1733

vapoury1771

depressive1905

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > depression > person

depressive1962

1905 Psychol. Rev. 12 113 The German alienists are taking up again..depressive insanity, to which they rightly ascribe a great importance.

1951 R. E. Money-Kyrle Psychoanal. & Politics iv. 84 Religion is a form of psychotherapy which promotes a belief in the existence of idealized good objects against persecutory and depressive guilt.

1962 Lancet 2 June 1171/2 An undiagnosed depressive illness is one of the commonest fatal mistakes in medicine.

1962 Times 13 Dec. 15/2 Antonio was an endogenous depressive.

1965 J. Pollitt Depression & its Treatm. iii. 33 Guilt forms a nucleus for many delusional complaints of retarded depressives.

Derivatives

deˈpressively adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adverb] > in a gloomy or depressing manner

louringly1576

drearily1579

dernly1590

darkly1597

gloomingly1598

dolesomelya1626

discouraginglya1651

mopishly1651

dismally1653

depressivelya1670

surlily1711

dishearteningly1742

funereally1774

cheerlessly1789

unjoyously1812

ghastily1829

ghastlily1829

desolately1831

unjoyfully1831

depressingly1847

lugubriously1848

dispiritingly1882

uncheerfully1890

drearly1891

greyly1898

a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 424 If I had a thousand tongues and inventions, I should speak faintly and depressively of that supernal Palace.

deˈpressiveness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun]

unlustOE

sorrowfulnessa1250

heavinessc1275

elengenessec1320

dullnessc1369

tristourc1380

murknessc1390

tristesse1390

faintness1398

ungladnessa1400

droopingc1400

heavity14..

dejectionc1450

terne?a1513

disconsolation1515

descence1526

marea1529

sadness?1537

dumpishness1548

unblessedness1549

dolorousness1553

ruefulness?1574

dolefulness1586

heartlessness1591

languishment1591

mopishness1598

soul-sickness1603

contristation1605

damp1606

gloominess1607

sableness1607

uncheerfulnessa1617

disconsolateness1624

cheerlessnessa1631

dejectedness1633

droopingness1635

disanimation1637

lowness1639

desponsion1641

disconsolacy1646

despondency1653

dispiritedness1654

chagrin1656

demission1656

jawfall1660

weightedness1660

depression1665

disconsolancy1665

grumness1675

despondence1676

despond1678

disheartenednessa1680

glumness1727

low1727

gloom1744

low-spiritedness1754

blue devils1756

black dog1776

humdudgeon1785

blue devilism1787

dispiritude1797

wishtnessc1800

downheartedness1801

blue-devilage1816

dispiritment1827

downcastness1827

depressiveness1832

dolorosity1835

lugubriosity1840

disconsolance1847

down1856

heavy-heartedness1860

lugubriousness1879

sullenness1885

low key1886

melancholia1896

burn-out1903

mokus1924

downness1927

mopiness1927

deflation1933

wallow1934

1832 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) IV. 112 Ill-health, and its concomitant depressiveness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	depressive
释义	depressiveadj. /dɪˈprɛsɪv/ Etymology: < Latin dēpress-, participial stem of dēprimĕre to press down, depress adj. + -ive suffix. 1. Tending to press or force down. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [adjective] > pressing or forcing down depressive1620 depriment1713 depressing1882 1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 112 By reason of their compressiue and depressiue force, they protrude and driue downe the meats from the stomacke. 2. figurative. a. Tending to produce depression, esp. of the spirits; of depressing nature. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing darkOE unmerryOE deathlyc1225 dolefulc1275 elengec1275 dreicha1300 coolc1350 cloudyc1374 sada1375 colda1400 deadlya1400 joylessc1400 unjoyful?c1400 disconsolatea1413 mournfula1425 funeralc1425 uncheerfulc1449 dolent1489 dolesome1533 heavy-hearted1555 glum1558 ungladsome1558 black1562 pleasureless1567 dern1570 plaintive?1570 glummish1573 cheerless1575 comfortless1576 wintry1579 glummy1580 funebral1581 discouraging1584 dernful?1591 murk1596 recomfortless1596 sullen1597 amating1600 lugubrious1601 dusky1602 sable1603 funebrial1604 damping1607 mortifying1611 tearful?1611 uncouth1611 dulsome1613 luctual1613 dismal1617 winterous1617 unked1620 mopish1621 godforsaken?1623 uncheerly1627 funebrious1630 lugubrous1632 drearisome1633 unheartsome1637 feral1641 drear1645 darksome1649 sadding1649 saddening1650 disheartening1654 funebrous1654 luctiferous1656 mestifical1656 tristifical1656 sooty1657 dreary1667 tenebrose1677 clouded1682 tragicala1700 funereal1707 gloomy1710 sepulchrala1711 dumpishc1717 bleaka1719 depressive1727 lugubre1727 muzzy1728 dispiriting1733 uncheery1760 unconsolatory1760 unjolly1764 Decemberly1765 sombre1768 uncouthie1768 depressing1772 unmirthful1782 sombrous1789 disanimating1791 Decemberish1793 grey1794 uncheering1796 ungenial1796 uncomforting1798 disencouraginga1806 stern1812 chilling1815 uncheered1817 dejecting1818 mopey1821 desponding1828 wisht1829 leadening1835 unsportful1837 demoralizing1840 Novemberish1840 frigid1844 morne1844 tragic1848 wet-blanketty1848 morgue1850 ungladdeneda1851 adusk1856 smileless1858 soul-sick1858 Novemberya1864 saturnine1863 down1873 lacklustre1883 Heaven-abandoneda1907 downbeat1952 doomy1967 1727 J. Thomson Britannia 274 Even where the keen depressive North descends. 1789 Ann. Reg. 1787 Misc. Ess. 157/1 A compliance with this request would lead her friends into some depressive sensations. 1828 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor VI. xxix. 319 In regions so depressive both to the bodily and intellectual powers. 1862 F. E. Anstie in Cornhill Mag. Nov. 607 It is a kind of stimulation..which is not followed by any unhealthy depressive reaction. b. Involving or characterized by depression as a psychiatric illness. Hence as n., one who suffers from this condition. Cf. manic-depressive adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > depressive vapourish1733 vapoury1771 depressive1905 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > depression > person depressive1962 1905 Psychol. Rev. 12 113 The German alienists are taking up again..depressive insanity, to which they rightly ascribe a great importance. 1951 R. E. Money-Kyrle Psychoanal. & Politics iv. 84 Religion is a form of psychotherapy which promotes a belief in the existence of idealized good objects against persecutory and depressive guilt. 1962 Lancet 2 June 1171/2 An undiagnosed depressive illness is one of the commonest fatal mistakes in medicine. 1962 Times 13 Dec. 15/2 Antonio was an endogenous depressive. 1965 J. Pollitt Depression & its Treatm. iii. 33 Guilt forms a nucleus for many delusional complaints of retarded depressives. Derivatives deˈpressively adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adverb] > in a gloomy or depressing manner louringly1576 drearily1579 dernly1590 darkly1597 gloomingly1598 dolesomelya1626 discouraginglya1651 mopishly1651 dismally1653 depressivelya1670 surlily1711 dishearteningly1742 funereally1774 cheerlessly1789 unjoyously1812 ghastily1829 ghastlily1829 desolately1831 unjoyfully1831 depressingly1847 lugubriously1848 dispiritingly1882 uncheerfully1890 drearly1891 greyly1898 a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 424 If I had a thousand tongues and inventions, I should speak faintly and depressively of that supernal Palace. deˈpressiveness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] unlustOE sorrowfulnessa1250 heavinessc1275 elengenessec1320 dullnessc1369 tristourc1380 murknessc1390 tristesse1390 faintness1398 ungladnessa1400 droopingc1400 heavity14.. dejectionc1450 terne?a1513 disconsolation1515 descence1526 marea1529 sadness?1537 dumpishness1548 unblessedness1549 dolorousness1553 ruefulness?1574 dolefulness1586 heartlessness1591 languishment1591 mopishness1598 soul-sickness1603 contristation1605 damp1606 gloominess1607 sableness1607 uncheerfulnessa1617 disconsolateness1624 cheerlessnessa1631 dejectedness1633 droopingness1635 disanimation1637 lowness1639 desponsion1641 disconsolacy1646 despondency1653 dispiritedness1654 chagrin1656 demission1656 jawfall1660 weightedness1660 depression1665 disconsolancy1665 grumness1675 despondence1676 despond1678 disheartenednessa1680 glumness1727 low1727 gloom1744 low-spiritedness1754 blue devils1756 black dog1776 humdudgeon1785 blue devilism1787 dispiritude1797 wishtnessc1800 downheartedness1801 blue-devilage1816 dispiritment1827 downcastness1827 depressiveness1832 dolorosity1835 lugubriosity1840 disconsolance1847 down1856 heavy-heartedness1860 lugubriousness1879 sullenness1885 low key1886 melancholia1896 burn-out1903 mokus1924 downness1927 mopiness1927 deflation1933 wallow1934 1832 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) IV. 112 Ill-health, and its concomitant depressiveness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1620
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