Word family noun depression depressant depressive adjective depressed depressing depressant depressive verb depress adverb depressingly
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdepressivede‧press‧ive1 /dɪˈpresɪv/ adjective MPrelating to or suffering from depression patients with depressive symptomsExamples from the Corpus
depressive• He suffered, like Vincent, from depressive attacks, of a kind now seen as indicating acute anxiety neurosis.• Antidepressants Antidepressants with sedative effects are usually recommended when insomnia is associated with a depressive disorder.• Anthony Storr shows how these depressive fears were magically transmuted in the literary sphere.• Many young people are struggling with a depressive illness that requires medical treatment.• Indeed, depressive traits are more in evidence than paranoid tendencies.depressivedepressive2 noun [countable] MPsomeone who suffers from depressionExamples from the Corpus
depressive• Will write to anyone, anywhere All manic depressives and black-clothed persons accepted. 