depressive
adjective/dɪˈpresɪv/
/dɪˈpresɪv/
- connected with the medical condition of depression
- depressive illness
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDepressive is used with these nouns:- episode
- illness
- symptom
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French dépressif, -ive or medieval Latin depressivus, from depress- ‘pressed down’, from the verb deprimere ‘press down’.Want to learn more?
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