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Recent Examples of depressive Tragically, they are killed by their mother, who drowns them in a manic depressive episode while their father is away on business. Nicole Briese, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025 With that in mind, Isaacs' Timothy—who's flown halfway around the world only to find himself on the hook for a scandal back home—and Goggins' Rick, a depressive, unsavory type who's constitutionally incapable of relaxing, both seem like prime candidates. Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025 But a third of major depressive episodes spontaneously resolve within six months with no treatment, which is in part why FDA guidelines suggest that such trials should last two years, to ensure that results are real and durable. Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 9 Feb. 2025 The small trial demonstrated how adding creatine to a course of cognitive behavioural therapy can lead to greater reductions in depressive symptoms after eight weeks compared to patients receiving psychotherapy alone. Rich Haridy, New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for depressive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depressive
Adjective
  • Outside of the December slide, this is as bleak as it’s looked for the Rangers this season.
    Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Voters were also asked to give one word to describe the Democratic Party, and the responses were bleak.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The truth is more depressing: This show is bad in the usual manner of reality television.
    Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
  • That wasn’t even the most depressing of Vlasic’s quotes.
    Scott Powers, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Among the greater Eilish team, the sentiment is that of a somber parting, but there remains great respect and appreciation for the tremendous successes, milestones and memories shared with Rukasin and Goodman.
    Shirley Halperin, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
  • The Opening Day festivities in the Bronx took on a somber tone Thursday as the Yankees honored the late son of former outfielder Brett Gardner.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Being lonely is terrible for a person’s mental health.
    Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The results were conclusive: More than two-thirds (69%) of seniors felt lonely a majority of the time (50% of the time or more) before moving into a senior living community.
    Sara Zeff Geber, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Its cap is a shriveled mass of brown folds, darker than the caramel hue of the true morel.
    Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Same goes for Lady Gaga and her fire-red McQueen gown, which hit all the right notes of dark romance.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Fourteen years of war have left the country desolate, and its people exhausted; millions have been displaced or were forced to become refugees.
    Raghed Waked & Justin Salhani, The Dial, 25 Mar. 2025
  • That quality is maintained first and foremost by a desolate whistling-wind sound effect in the background of all the scenes, along with a sustained droning musical score.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The Pitt max Pushing Daisies Years: 2007-2009 Length: 2 seasons, 22 episodes Creator: Bryan Fuller The creator of Hannibal also gave us this twisted genre gem, a show that blended morbid humor and genuine character work into a mix that was just too weird for ABC.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
  • This is projection to an understandable but somewhat morbid degree.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Swelling in the hands and feet, getting sick frequently, feeling depressed, or having wounds that are slow to heal.
    Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The photographer asked me to act sad and depressed, to stop smiling.
    Gaylyn Henderson, MPH, Health, 17 Mar. 2025

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“Depressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depressive. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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