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
For sedentary people, starting to walk just 20 or 30 minutes a day only three times a week may help to reduce depressive symptoms, Chekroud says.
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Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Forty-two percent were dealing with a mental health diagnosis, including alcohol use disorder, depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, adjustment disorder, or post-traumatic stress disorder.
—Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2024
Yet another was that depressive symptoms were self-reported, whereas clinical diagnosis is the gold standard for depression assessment.
—New Atlas, 9 Dec. 2024
Those who overestimated positive emotions, rather than focusing on negative ones, reported better well-being, fewer depressive symptoms and greater resilience.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Forty-two percent were dealing with a mental health diagnosis, including alcohol use disorder, depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, adjustment disorder, or post-traumatic stress disorder.
—Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2024
Yet another was that depressive symptoms were self-reported, whereas clinical diagnosis is the gold standard for depression assessment.
—New Atlas, 9 Dec. 2024
Those who overestimated positive emotions, rather than focusing on negative ones, reported better well-being, fewer depressive symptoms and greater resilience.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depressive
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But beneath Pansy’s rage, often a source of that specific, bleak brand of Mike Leigh comedy, lies severe OCD, anxiety, depression, and the grief of having recently lost her mother.Radhika Seth, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
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While the art world has felt bleak amid a buckling market, a new art fair is gracing Los Angeles this year.Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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The depressing part is that the smear campaign worked.Nicole Page, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2025
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In October, Lilium was scrambling for additional investments to keep the doors open and by late December the company announced that the only people still on the payroll would be handling the depressing job of liquidation.David Szondy, New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2025
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Despite being known as a city that puts smiles on faces and provides a good time to all, the mood in New Orleans has been much more somber the past few days.William Guillory, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
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While Syrians in the capital looked forward to a new beginning after Assad’s ouster, the mood was more somber along Beirut’s Mediterranean promenade, where residents shared cautious hopes for the new year, reflecting on a country still reeling from war and ongoing crises.Ghaith Alsayed, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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The 2024 State of the Global Workplace report by Gallup finds that one in five employees worldwide feels lonely at work.Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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As the crash’s memory has started to fade in the public consciousness, Jim — a real-life physician, to whom the series is dedicated — has waged a long and lonely crusade to uncover the truth of how hundreds of people lost their lives.Alison Herman, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
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TikTok's attorney suggested the app would basically go dark.WIRED, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
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Schaeffer, 22, was seen leaving her home on May 23, 2022, with her black-and-white cat, Izzy, and getting into a dark gray BMW that had been parked across the street for six hours, according to security video.Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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Breed: Pit bull mix Age: 1 year Buddy’s story: Buddy was found on the side of a desolate highway in the mountains.Maryanne Dell, Orange County Register, 28 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement After Japan’s 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, paving the way for the imprisonment of 120,000 people of Japanese descent — two-thirds of whom were American citizens — in desolate detention camps.Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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The affable Liverpudlians inspired morbid theories among fans as their hair grew longer and their songs stranger.Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Mishima’s morbid eroticism gave his best novels their peculiar power.Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Many people were really unhappy, depressed and angry, frustrated.Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 9 Jan. 2025
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If Richard wanted to die, suicide-by-cop is sometimes a choice for those who are desperate and depressed.Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Depressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depressive. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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