ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Depressoid

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Depressoid is an adjective meaning Resembling depression.

Meaning

Resembling depression.

More Meanings

  1. (slang, derogatory) Depressing or miserable.
  2. (slang, derogatory) A depressed or miserable person.

Example Sentences

The slow cinema verite pacing of this film suited it's totally depressoid theme.
“The ski trip? Oh, God, what a depressoid bust. It turned out we didn't have reservations at the place we thought we did. […]
They recommend that such depressions be treated with antidepressants whether evolved from the depressoid state of acute grief or not.
[…] of the difficulties in differentiating the "depressoid" picture of acute grief from the clinical depressions that may evolve later, […]

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include depressionlike, depressionary, grieflike, hypnotoid, depressive, depressing.

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