"depressive" meaning in English

See depressive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈpɹɛsɪv/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-depressive.wav Forms: more depressive [comparative], most depressive [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛsɪv Etymology: From French dépressif or Medieval Latin depressivus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|dépressif}} French dépressif, {{der|en|ML.|depressivus}} Medieval Latin depressivus Head templates: {{en-adj}} depressive (comparative more depressive, superlative most depressive)
  1. Causing depression; dispiriting. Translations (dispiriting): depressiu [masculine] (Catalan), dépressif [masculine] (French), déprimant (French), depresiva (Ido), depressivo [masculine] (Italian), deprimente (Italian), depressivo [masculine] (Portuguese), deprimente (Portuguese), depresivo (Spanish), deprimente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-depressive-en-adj-NqKTz97A Disambiguation of 'dispiriting': 93 6 1
  2. Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic. Translations (depressed): dépressif (French), depressivo (Italian), depressivo (Portuguese), depresivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-depressive-en-adj-Lty~k3SK Disambiguation of 'depressed': 10 84 6
  3. Relating to or characteristic of depression.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Of or relating to depression): dépressif (French), depressivo (Italian), depressivo (Portuguese), depresivo (Spanish)

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈpɹɛsɪv/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-depressive.wav Forms: depressives [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛsɪv Etymology: From French dépressif or Medieval Latin depressivus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|dépressif}} French dépressif, {{der|en|ML.|depressivus}} Medieval Latin depressivus Head templates: {{en-noun}} depressive (plural depressives)
  1. A person suffering from depression.
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      "expansion": "depressive (plural depressives)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person suffering from depression."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "depression",
          "depression"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈpɹɛsɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛsɪv"
    }
  ],
  "word": "depressive"
}

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