depressive
nounEtymology From French dépressif or Medieval Latin depressivus. By surface analysis, depress + -ive.
1
A person suffering from depression.
depressive
adjUK, US /dɪˈpɹɛsɪv/
Etymology From French dépressif or Medieval Latin depressivus. By surface analysis, depress + -ive.
1
Causing depression; dispiriting.
2
Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic.
3
Relating to or characteristic of depression.
- Derived terms
- antidepressive, anxiodepressive, cardiodepressive, depressive black metal, depressive disorder, depressively, depressiveness, depressive personality disorder, depressive realism, depressive suicidal black metal, depressivity, immunodepressive, major depressive disorder, manic-depressive, manic depressive, neurodepressive, nondepressive, overdepressive, persistent depressive disorder, postdepressive, prodepressive, subdepressive, vasodepressive