total depressoid
- noun
- /ˈtoʊtəl dɪˈprɛsoɪd/
- Slur
:
deprimido
- After the breakup, Tom was a total depressoid and barely left his room for days.
Examples
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Her posts on social media make her sound like a total depressoid sometimes.
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Don't be such a total depressoid—things will get better soon.
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He is such a total depressoid these days.
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Why does she act like a total depressoid all the time?
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After the breakup, Tom was a total depressoid and barely left his room for days.
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Don't be such a total depressoid—things will get better soon.
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Her posts on social media make her sound like a total depressoid sometimes.
Synonyms
9
8.0
A person who often seems unhappy and grumpy
2
8.6
A person who is often sad and thinks things will go wrong
A person who often feels deep sadness
Antonyms
How Depressed
- Slur
- Specialized
8
3.9
- Specialized
61
3.7
229
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
total + depressoid
The adjective 'total' is fully transparent as an intensifier, and 'depressoid' is a transparent coinage to the extent that it appears built from 'depress' + the suffix '-oid' meaning 'resembling' — so learners can plausibly infer 'a person resembling someone depressed'. However, 'depressoid' is nonstandard and relies on awareness of the suffix and a creative formation, so a B1 learner may guess the general sense but miss nuance or acceptability; this partial predictability makes it semi-transparent.
Etymology
The term total depressoid is a modern, informal way to picture someone who is completely gloomy: total means 'completely' and depressoid is made by adding the ending 'oid' to 'depress' to mean 'like depressed'. So calling someone a total depressoid is a strong, slightly joking way to say they are 'extremely depressed'.