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depressive
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de·pres·sive  (d-prsv)
adj.
1. Tending to depress or lower.
2. Depressing; gloomy: "Americans entertained the depressive thought that they had ceased to be themselves" (Lance Morrow).
3. Of or relating to psychological depression.
n.
A person suffering from psychological depression.

de·pressive·ly adv.
de·pressive·ness n.

depressive [dɪˈprɛsɪv]
adj
1. (Psychology) tending to depress; causing depression
2. (Psychology) Psychol tending to be subject to periods of depression See also manic-depressive
depressively  adv
depressiveness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.depressive - someone suffering psychological depression
melancholiac, melancholic - someone subject to melancholia
diseased person, sick person, sufferer - a person suffering from an illness
Translations
depressive [dɪˈpresɪv]
A. ADJdepresivo
B. Ndepresivo/a m/f
depressive [dɪˈprɛsɪv] (MEDICINE)
adj [person] → dépressif/ive; [illness] → dépressif/ive
n (= person) → dépressif/ive m/f
depressive
adjdepressiv
nan Depressionen Leidende(r) mf; to be a depressivedepressiv sein
depressive [dɪˈprɛsɪv]
1. adjdepressivo/a
2. n (Psych) → depresso/a

depressive [dɪˈprɛsɪv]
1. adjdepressivo/a
2. n (Psych) → depresso/a


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Like many depressives, Lincoln was both a workaholic and a jokester, and his alternating spells of joke-telling and silent withdrawal were the visible face of his "effort to contain his dark feelings and thoughts.
However, a 7 1/2-year follow-up of formerly hospitalized manic depressives shows that about 40 percent of those receiving lithium, sometimes combined with other treatments, continue to experience marked emotional highs and lows, as well as serious problems at work and home.
Full-blown manic depressives are less creative than these two groups but show more creativity than control subjects.
 
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