- depressive⇄adj. 1. tending to produce or characterized by depression; depressing.
2. having to do with or characterized by psychological depression.
Ex. Two or three persons out of every 100 in the world live in the shadow of depressive illness. The ca - depressive⇄adv. depressively.
- depressive⇄depressive, adjective, noun.
- depressive⇄noun a person suffering from psychological depression.
Ex. With what are generally termed psychotics--schizophrenics, paranoids, depressives--the most valid approach seems to lie not in psychotherapy at all but in somatic medicine (Renata Adler). - depressive⇄noun depressiveness.