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Related to depressive: depressive disorder, Depressive episode, Manic depressive, Major Depressive Disorder
de·pres·sive
(dĭ-prĕs′ĭv)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 depression as a mood disorder.
n.
A person who is affected with depression as a mood disorder.
de·pres′sive·ly adv.
de·pres′sive·ness n.
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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
deˈpressively adv
deˈpressiveness n
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de•pres•sive
(dɪˈprɛs ɪv)adj.
1. tending to depress.
2. characterized by mental depression.
n. 3. a person suffering from a depressive illness.
[1610–20]
de•pres′sive•ly, adv.
de•pres′sive•ness, n.
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Noun | 1. | depressive - someone suffering psychological depression melancholiac, melancholic - someone subject to melancholia |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
depressive
[dɪˈprɛsɪv] (MEDICINE) adj [person] → dépressif/ive; [illness] → dépressif/ive
n (= person) → dépressif/ive m/f
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depressive
[dɪˈprɛsɪv]1. adj → depressivo/a
2. n (Psych) → depresso/a
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de·pres·sive
a. depresivo-a, deprimente;
___ disorder → trastorno ___.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
depressive
adj depresivoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.