depressive

¹de·pres·sive

adjective \di-ˈpre-siv, dē-\

Definition of DEPRESSIVE

1

: tending to depress

2

: of, relating to, marked by, or affected by psychological depression <depressive symptoms> <a depressive patient>

— de·pres·sive·ly adverb

Examples of DEPRESSIVE

1. <the depressive air of a dingy barroom where locals went to drown their sorrows>

First Known Use of DEPRESSIVE

1620

Related to DEPRESSIVE

Synonyms

black, bleak, cheerless, chill, Cimmerian, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, gloomy, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, dreich [chiefly Scottish], elegiac (also elegiacal), forlorn, funereal, glum, godforsaken, gray (also grey), lonely, lonesome, lugubrious, miserable, morbid, morose, murky, plutonian, saturnine, sepulchral, solemn, somber (or sombre), sullen, sunless, tenebrific, tenebrous, wretched

Antonyms

bright, cheerful, cheering, cheery, comforting, cordial, festive, friendly, gay, heartwarming, sunshiny

Related Words

blue, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, down, droopy, hangdog, inconsolable, low, melancholic, melancholy, mirthless, sad, unhappy, woebegone, woeful; dim, discomfiting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, dispiriting, distressful, distressing, upsetting; desperate, hopeless, pessimistic; lamentable, mournful, plaintive, sorrowful; colorless, drab, dull; dour, grim, lowering (also louring), lowery (also loury), menacing, negative, oppressive, threatening

Near Antonyms

blithe, blithesome, buoyant, gay, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, merry, mirthful; encouraging, hopeful, optimistic; lighthearted, lightsome

Rhymes with DEPRESSIVE

aggressive, caressive, compressive, concessive, degressive, digressive, excessive, expressive, impressive, ingressive, obsessive, oppressive, possessive, progressive, recessive, regressive, successive, suppressive, transgressive

²depressive

noun

Definition of DEPRESSIVE

: one who is affected with or prone to psychological depression

First Known Use of DEPRESSIVE

1937

Rhymes with DEPRESSIVE

ingressive, obsessive, possessive, progressive, recessive