as in bleak
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
the depressive story about a struggling artist
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Recent Examples of depressive
Season 4 begins with Nora in a depressive spiral, mourning their relationship by endlessly watching a virtual reality fantasy of their wedding.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The elevated risks were found even when controlling for health behaviors, medications, preexisting conditions, childhood abuse, and depressive symptoms.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 11 Aug. 2025
For type 1 diabetics with high inflammation, additional anti-inflammatory approaches might be needed to improve depressive symptoms, especially physical symptoms.
—Paul McClure 09, New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2025
Use of an oxytocin nasal spray combined with psychotherapy may have a greater effect on reducing depressive symptoms in people with mental health disorders than either treatment alone, a recent study reported.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The elevated risks were found even when controlling for health behaviors, medications, preexisting conditions, childhood abuse, and depressive symptoms.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 11 Aug. 2025
For type 1 diabetics with high inflammation, additional anti-inflammatory approaches might be needed to improve depressive symptoms, especially physical symptoms.
—Paul McClure 09, New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2025
Use of an oxytocin nasal spray combined with psychotherapy may have a greater effect on reducing depressive symptoms in people with mental health disorders than either treatment alone, a recent study reported.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depressive
Adjective
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Matters only got more bleak in the sixth, when Rushing fouled a ball off his right shin, smoking a ball right above where his guard ended and immediately going down in pain.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The one constant is the unhappy couple’s bleak surroundings.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Compelling, sure, but more depressing than funny.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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The news is depressing, and now the Tribune is ignoring what is, for those who are not sports fans, their leading form of entertainment.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Chapple, the late Queen’s beekeeper, went first to Clarence House and then Buckingham Palace to perform his somber duty of telling the bees, a centuries-old custom of informing the bees when their owner has died.—
Elizabeth Bass Parman,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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News voices in the 1970's tended to be somber, accent-less, and almost exclusively male.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Tour can be lonely, even when you’re surrounded by people.—
Kim Gordon,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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But without the necessary business acumen in their teams, these technology leaders fight lonely battles.—
Alex Brueckmann,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Kraus also had a dark backpack on her person.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Lakshmi shared a photo and video of herself at the beach wearing a dark pink bikini while playing in the water.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The first fires tore across humble, pioneering patches of plant life no taller than your ankle, as well as burning through rather more astonishing, and truly bizarre, 25-foot columns of fungus that briefly held sway on this desolate world before trees.—
Peter Brannen,
Big Think,
28 Aug. 2025
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Restaurants provided a beacon of hope at a time when the landscape was desolate.—
Beth D'Addono,
Southern Living,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Instead of those memories, survivors are left with the morbid archives of loss.—
Seema Jilani
August 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Aug. 2025
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There are visual gags — case files scattered around jigsaw puzzle pieces, conversations about blood loss interrupted by Sudoku solving — that insist on finding humor in a pair of old folks taking such morbid extracurricular activities so seriously.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Fantastic Four is a close second, sure, but Florence Pugh leading a group of depressed villain castaways was the film that really felt like more of a return to form for the MCU.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2025
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If management succeeds in achieving its ambitious growth targets while maintaining leverage control, the stock could experience a significant multiple expansion from its current depressed levels.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Depressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depressive. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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