depressive
4
7.4
- noun
- /dɪˈprɛsɪv/
- Specialized
:
depresivo
- Many depressives find it difficult to seek help for their mental health issues.
- depressive symptoms
- postpartum depressive
- depressives suffer
I didn't know I was like a functional depressive this whole time.
- I didn't know I was like a functional depressive this whole time.
Examples
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The therapist recommended several strategies for managing the challenges of being a depressive.
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If a parent is seeing their child sink into a depressive state, what is the advice that you would give?
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And I want them to know that I'm a person who struggles, who has to do things, who had depressive episodes, who kept going.
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And totally unbeknownst to him, I had a lot of history with depressive episodes.
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So, you know, I, I suffered with these batches of depression, depressive periods for a long time.
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First of all, regardless of the stimulus or the trigger or the reasons, if you are experiencing depressive symptoms, you must get intervention.
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Support groups can provide a safe space for depressives to share their experiences.
Synonyms
A person who feels sad and low in energy for a long time
A person who often feels deep sadness
A person who often feels deep sadness
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
4
7.0
A person who has bipolar disorder with periods of very high energy and deep sadness
- Specialized
3
4.8
Long periods of deep sadness and loss of interest that make daily life hard and often need medical help
- Specialized
1
6.1
A period of severe sadness and loss of interest that makes daily life hard
- Archaic
1
4.5
A mental illness with times of very high energy followed by times of very low mood
- Archaic
A mental illness with times of very high energy and times of very low mood
How Depressed
Surface Forms
Morphology
depressive = depressive (semi-transparent) = depress + ive
The noun is a converted use of the adjective 'depressive', but the person-label sense is slightly more specialized than the adjective alone.
Etymology
Depressive comes from the parts de- 'down' and press 'push', from an old Latin idea of 'pressing down'. So a depressive is someone who feels 'pressed down' by deep sadness, which explains the modern meaning of the word.