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单词 depressive
释义

depressive

1 of 2

adjective

de·​pres·​sive di-ˈpre-siv How to pronounce depressive (audio)
dē-
1
: tending to depress
2
: of, relating to, marked by, or affected by psychological depression
depressive symptoms
a depressive patient
depressively adverb

depressive

2 of 2

noun

: one who is affected with or prone to psychological depression

Synonyms

Adjective

  • black
  • bleak
  • cheerless
  • chill
  • Cimmerian
  • cloudy
  • cold
  • comfortless
  • dark
  • darkening
  • depressing
  • desolate
  • dire
  • disconsolate
  • dismal
  • drear
  • dreary
  • dreich [chiefly Scottish]
  • elegiac
  • elegiacal
  • forlorn
  • funereal
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • godforsaken
  • gray
  • grey
  • lonely
  • lonesome
  • lugubrious
  • miserable
  • morbid
  • morose
  • murky
  • plutonian
  • saturnine
  • sepulchral
  • solemn
  • somber
  • sombre
  • sullen
  • sunless
  • tenebrific
  • tenebrous
  • wretched
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Example Sentences

Adjective the depressive story about a struggling artist
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
The results of numerous studies are conflicting, with some finding that heavy use of social media is associated with depressive symptoms and others finding little or no connection. New York Times, 22 Aug. 2022 There was a solid base of reason to believe that the psychedelic experience was able to deliver a lasting degree of kind of relief, and DMT could show promise with relief from depressive symptoms, in a matter of months. Benjamin Adams, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 In fact, the entire film, co-directed by Felder and Stefano Decarli, has an enveloping mood of the melancholy that weaves through much of the depressive Chopin’s music. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022 Later, while scavenging in the ruins of the Oceana Vista, Noah and Emma are accosted by Baltasar Frías (Luis Gerardo Méndez), a depressive glamour-puss and a former hotel employee, whose life was also upended by the disappearance of Sam and Violet. Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 Sebastian Jakob Doppelbauer plays Clemens, a once budding singer-songwriter but now pitied depressive whose girlfriend is now shaping up as the partner with a future as an on-the-rise doctor. John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Aug. 2022 About 64% of the diagnoses were attributed to adjustment disorders, anxiety disorders and depressive disorders. Melissa Chan, NBC News, 29 June 2022 One joint product offered by Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Cognition Kit is an Apple Watch app monitoring the daily mood and cognition of patients with depressive disorders. Sergey Avdeychik, Forbes, 17 June 2022 Kids with anxiety disorders present between ages 6 and 12, and kids first present with depressive disorders in the mid-teenage years. John Duffy, CNN, 3 June 2022
Noun
Then there was Rushmore, about the friendship between a teenage oddball played by Jason Schwartzman and a wealthy depressive played by Bill Murray, the Anderson film that even the Anderson averse admit to tolerating. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2021 Cases for depressive and anxiety disorders last year are estimated to have increased by more than a quarter—an unusually large surge. Gary Stix, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2021 In her first two novels, Conversations With Friends (2017) and Normal People (2018), the young Irish writer Sally Rooney resurrected the depressive, evacuated style that Ernest Hemingway made his signature. Caleb Crain, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2021 Writing about a listless depressive with seemingly no deep passions or excitements and no significant relationship with any other living being is the far greater challenge Lahiri has set herself. Sigrid Nunez, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2021 Some people may experience psychotic symptoms (such as hearing voices) or experience suicidal thoughts due to the severity of their depressive or anxiety symptoms, Dr. Magavi says. Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 7 May 2021 The producer was a lifelong depressive whose last film had also flopped. Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021 Aside from governing sleep, melatonin is linked to many other biological processes, like reproductive development, and may possibly underlie cancer and mental health disorders like major depressive or bipolar disorder. Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2020 King’s characters are writers, doctors, teachers, bullied kids, depressives, alcoholics, people on low incomes. Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1620, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1937, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

depressive 1 of 2

adjective

de·​pres·​sive di-ˈpres-iv How to pronounce depressive (audio)
1
: tending to depress
2
: of, relating to, marked by, or affected by psychological depression
the patient was paranoid and depressive
depressive symptoms

depressive

2 of 2

noun

: one who is affected with or prone to psychological depression

depressive

adjective

as in depressing
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer the depressive story about a struggling artist

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • depressing
  • bleak
  • somber
  • lonely
  • dark
  • darkening
  • depressed
  • morbid
  • desolate
  • lonesome
  • murky
  • miserable
  • morose
  • gray
  • cold
  • gloomy
  • solemn
  • melancholy
  • sullen
  • blue
  • black
  • cheerless
  • lugubrious
  • wretched
  • glum
  • saturnine
  • sad
  • dreary
  • dismal
  • chill
  • oppressive
  • disconsolate
  • elegiac
  • grey
  • funereal
  • drear
  • forlorn
  • melancholic
  • sepulchral
  • plutonian
  • dire
  • comfortless
  • godforsaken
  • sombre
  • cloudy
  • unhappy
  • tenebrous
  • negative
  • hopeless
  • sunless
  • desperate
  • distressful
  • dejected
  • pessimistic
  • mournful
  • dull
  • elegiacal
  • woebegone
  • dreich
  • grim
  • despondent
  • sorrowful
  • inconsolable
  • mirthless
  • Cimmerian
  • menacing
  • discouraging
  • low
  • droopy
  • dim
  • dispiriting
  • tenebrific
  • hangdog
  • distressing
  • woeful
  • upsetting
  • discomfiting
  • dismaying
  • dour
  • down
  • disheartening
  • drab
  • lamentable
  • plaintive
  • colorless
  • threatening
  • lowering
  • lowery
  • louring
  • loury

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cheerful
  • cheery
  • bright
  • joyous
  • gay
  • joyful
  • friendly
  • sunshiny
  • festive
  • optimistic
  • buoyant
  • jolly
  • comforting
  • merry
  • gay
  • mirthful
  • cordial
  • blithe
  • hopeful
  • blithesome
  • heartwarming
  • jocund
  • encouraging
  • cheering
  • lighthearted
  • lightsome
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