as in bleak
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
the depressive story about a struggling artist
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Recent Examples of depressive
Doctors often prescribe a type of antidepressant known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for treating depressive symptoms.
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Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Some research suggests depressive symptoms are most strongly associated with memory loss.
—Michelle Pugle, Verywell Health, 15 Oct. 2024
Trans students were also the most likely, at 71.9%, to report persistent sadness or hopelessness — a marker for experiencing depressive symptoms, according to the CDC — in the past 12 months, with questioning students at 68.9%, cisgender female students at 50.5% and cisgender male students at 26%.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
In the air quality study, more than 17% of women reported having depressive symptoms one or two years after giving birth.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
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Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Some research suggests depressive symptoms are most strongly associated with memory loss.
—Michelle Pugle, Verywell Health, 15 Oct. 2024
Trans students were also the most likely, at 71.9%, to report persistent sadness or hopelessness — a marker for experiencing depressive symptoms, according to the CDC — in the past 12 months, with questioning students at 68.9%, cisgender female students at 50.5% and cisgender male students at 26%.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
In the air quality study, more than 17% of women reported having depressive symptoms one or two years after giving birth.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depressive
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Some recipients responded to the texts with anger and others with a sense of humor, but many agree that the messages seem to be a bleak foreshadowing.Char Adams, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The stock's fate hinges on the 2024 presidential election results, with potential appreciation if Trump wins, but a bleak outlook if Kamala Harris prevails.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Loading your audio article The national election news was downright depressing for many in the Bay Area, but there was a lot of cause for celebration among local candidates Tuesday night.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Dreadful game of the week: Cleveland Browns at Philadelphia Eagles — The Browns are just depressing, saddled with the debacle that is the acquisition of quarterback Deshaun Watson, whose numbers are just dreadful.Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
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As results from the presidential election trickled in showing Vice President Kamala Harris’s growing deficit to former President Donald Trump, Simon took a somber tone.Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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From Bill Plaschke: The silent, somber Bronx suddenly was bathed in joyous dancing blue, a screaming scrum leaping and bouncing and hugging into history.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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As a lonely nerd in a suburb, there was something about the way that there were pop-cultural objects, at the last possible time when there was analog technology, that really wove into the fabric of your soul.Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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In other words, being Black and secular can be a lonely existence.Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Black eyes, dark hair, Han is blocking the exit, standing with his hands on his hips, like a big fat X.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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Sean getting beaten up at the end of the last episode was a dark moment, but Shrinking never lets a story stay serious for very long.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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The rolling hills of Laikipia, located on the equator, give way to the vast, desolate sand dunes of the Suguta Valley below, before lakes flooded with flamingos come into view.Shaun Stanley, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
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Pedro Páramo, which is considered one of the two frontrunners to represent Mexico at the Academy Awards, transports its audience to Comala, where a desolate Mexican town hauntingly blurs the lines between life and death.Travis Bean, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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As that night unfolded with a kind of morbid curiosity — was this really happening?Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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Ask Insensitive Questions This is one time to keep your morbid curiosity to yourself.Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
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Deadpool, is depressed, according to a synopsis by Showtimes.John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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Amid a glut of dour, depressed series with Serious Things to Say, a show that carries itself so lightly is absolutely welcome.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Depressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depressive. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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