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depressoid

depressoid adjective: resembling depression.

Adjective (1)

depressoid (comparative more depressoid, superlative most depressoid)

  1. Resembling depression.
    • […] of the difficulties in differentiating the "depressoid" picture of acute grief from the clinical depressions that may evolve later, […]1982, Psychiatric Annals, volume 16, page 304
    • The major problem for the clinician involves the differentiation of those states which represent "real" depression from those "depressoid" states associated with grief.1987, Sidney Zisook, Biophysical Aspects of Bereavement, American Psychiatric Press, →ISBN, page 183

Adjective (2)

depressoid (comparative more depressoid, superlative most depressoid)

  1. (derogatory, slang) Depressing or miserable.
    • My sense of humor is just as black as before. I still listen to the same depressoid music. Yet I'm much happier, and I'm open in ways that would have terrified me only a few years ago.1996 September 27, Diane Wilson, “Re: Goals?”, in alt.support.depression (Usenet)
    • The slow cinema verite pacing of this film suited it's totally depressoid theme.2002 April 21, Adam, “Re: Another survey - last movie.”, in misc.writing.screenplays (Usenet)

Noun

depressoid (plural depressoids)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A depressed or miserable person.
    • […] I have no time for prolonged sadness or self-pity because I am making a living. People care little about your failures and don't enjoy the company of a depressoid. […]1982, Jean Rosenbaum, Veryl Rosenbaum, The Writer's Survival Guide, Writer's Digest Books, →ISBN, page 140
    • Those who think of the Cure as a band of depressoids playing dark music for adolescent introverts could not imagine how determined it was to let the sun shine into Nassau Coliseum Friday night.1992 May 19, Wayne Robins, “The Cure: An Antidote For Gloom”, in Newsday

Forms of depressoid

Adjective
comparativemore depressoid
superlativemost depressoid
Noun
pluraldepressoids

Origin of depressoid

From depress + -oid (“resembling”).

From depress + -oid (“derogatory suffix”).

Questions about depressoid

What does depressoid mean?
Depressoid means resembling depression.
What part of speech is depressoid?
Depressoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near depressoid in the dictionary

  1. depressivity
  2. depresso
  3. depressogenesis
  4. depressogenic
  5. depressogenics
  6. depressoid
  7. depressoids
  8. depressomotor
  9. depressomotors
  10. depressor
  11. depressor septi

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