Synonyms for depressive
dɪˈprɛs ɪvde·pres·sive

Princeton's WordNet

1. depressivenoun

   someone suffering psychological depression

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1. List of paraphrases for "depressive":

   depression, depressed, depressant, mope, despondent, depressor

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1. Chuck Carlson:

   You've got investors grappling with a new environment of volatility and how to handle that, that means a market like we have now, kind of manic-depressive, passive-aggressive.

2. Emanuel Kidega Samson:

   What I remember thinking and feeling those days, or that day in particular, is waking up and just wanting to end my life, i was extremely depressive and I felt kind of numb.

3. John Toumbourou:

   The finding that the effect of family conflict on adolescent dieting may be mediated by depressive symptoms adds weight to the argument that tackling early depressive symptoms may be critical in efforts to prevent unhealthy dieting in adolescent girls.

4. Genevieve Piche:

   Until now, our hypotheses were that maternal depression has a greater influence on girls since it provides them with a model of depressive, cognitive and interpersonal functioning and also may elicit more caretaking behavior in girls, which subsequently could lead them to develop depressive symptoms.

5. Gavin Andrews:

   Our field is using automated web based (cognitive behavioral therapy) courses to help people with anxiety and depressive disorders, with and without complicating physical disorders, to recover, we have done 25 randomized controlled trials and it is clear that the benefits are comparable to face to face therapy, that the benefits last, that the costs are small.