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depressive

Pronunciation:  di'presiv

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  someone suffering psychological depression
  2. [adj]  causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news"
 
 Synonyms: depressing, gloomy, sad, saddening
 
 See Also: diseased person, melancholiac, melancholic, sick person, sufferer

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\De*press"ive\, a.
Able or tending to depress or cast down. --
{De*press"ive*ness}, n.
 

 

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