depressive

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   someone suffering psychological depression

2. 2
   adj

   Causing depression; dispiriting.

3. 3
   adj

   Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic.

4. 4
   adj

   Relating to or characteristic of depression.

5. 5
   noun

   A person suffering from depression.

Etymology

From French dépressif or Medieval Latin depressivus. By surface analysis, depress + -ive.