Associations to the word «Depressive»

Wiktionary

DEPRESSIVE, adjective. Causing depression; dispiriting.
DEPRESSIVE, adjective. Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic.
DEPRESSIVE, adjective. Relative to, characteristic of depression.
DEPRESSIVE, noun. A person suffering from depression.
DEPRESSIVE BLACK METAL, noun. A subgenre of black metal that focuses on slow, repetitive instrumentation and depressive or suicidal lyrics and imagery.
DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, noun. Either of mild depression (the blues; symptoms include sadness and fatigue) or major depressive disorder.

Dictionary definition

DEPRESSIVE, noun. Someone suffering psychological depression.

Wise words

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