depressive
pronunciation
How to pronounce depressive in British English:
UK [dɪˈpresɪv]
How to pronounce depressive in American English:
US [dɪˈprɛsɪv]
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- Noun:
- someone suffering psychological depression
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- Adjective:
- causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom
Word Origin
- depressive (adj.)
- 1610s, from Latin depress-, past participle stem of deprimere (see depress) + -ive. In psychology, from 1905.
Example
- 1. While you and I have never met I sincerely doubt you want your walls to send out a negative depressive vibe , right ?
- 2. Craig , dench , and their colleagues do not agree with the critical consensus that the contemporary bond is ponderous and melancholy , and at times frustratingly depressive .
- 3. Research estimates that 10 percent of children will suffer a depressive episode before age 12 , although as recently as 1980 it was thought that children did not suffer depression .
- 4. Children whose mothers showed signs of anxiety and depressive disorders were also found to be at higher risk of becoming anxious in later childhood .