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Webster 1913 Edition


Depressive

De-press′ive

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Adj.
Able or tending to depress or cast down.
De-press′ive-ness
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Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Depressive

DEPRESSIVE

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Adj.
Able or tending to depress or cast down.

Definition 2024


depressive

depressive

See also: dépressive

English

Adjective

depressive (comparative more depressive, superlative most depressive)

  1. Causing depression; dispiriting.
  2. Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic.
  3. Relative to, characteristic of depression.

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Translations

Noun

depressive (plural depressives)

  1. A person suffering from depression.

German

Adjective

depressive

  1. inflected form of depressiv

Italian

Adjective

depressive

  1. feminine plural of depressivo

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