Meaning

3 senses

  1. Causing depression; dispiriting.

  2. Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic.

  3. Relating to or characteristic of depression.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Mennad suffered a major depressive disorder.

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  2. I was in one of my deeply depressive states.

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  3. Mennad had a depressive episode.

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  4. Sami was depressive.

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  5. This site is one of the most depressive sites I've ever been.

    ruЭтот сайт – один из самых депрессивных, где я только был.

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Translations

4 languages

Origin

From French dépressif or Medieval Latin depressivus. By surface analysis, depress + -ive.

From French dépressif or Medieval Latin depressivus. By surface analysis, depress + -ive.

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Forms

more depressive, most depressive
Comparativemore depressive Lesson
Superlativemost depressive Lesson

regular

Word family

17 related words
Derivedantidepressiveanxiodepressivecardiodepressivedepressive disorderdepressivelydepressivenessdepressive realismdepressivityimmunodepressivemanic-depressiveneurodepressivenondepressiveoverdepressivepostdepressiveprodepressivesubdepressivevasodepressive

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
depredationdepressdepressinglydepressionB1deprivationC1depriveB1depthB1deputize
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