depressive

/dɪˈprɛsɪv/
/dɪˈprɛsɪv/
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Other forms: depressives

Definitions of depressive
  1. noun
    someone suffering psychological depression
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    types:
    melancholiac, melancholic
    someone subject to melancholia
    type of:
    diseased person, sick person, sufferer
    a person suffering from an illness
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