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
This impulsivity partially explained the connection between skipping breakfast and depressive symptoms.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
With their focus on breathing, mindfulness, and relaxation, yoga and tai chi may be especially good for alleviating anxiety and depressive symptoms, which often interfere with a good night’s sleep, the researchers wrote.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 17 July 2025
Others Are Backed By More Research Still, the new paper found that some supplements have been more extensively studied than others for their potential to ease depressive symptoms:
Omega-3 fatty acids.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 16 July 2025
Women at particular risk of high depressive symptoms include those who are Black, those with low educational levels or high body mass index, and who use alcohol and tobacco.
—Lauren Tetenbaum, Flow Space, 15 July 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
With their focus on breathing, mindfulness, and relaxation, yoga and tai chi may be especially good for alleviating anxiety and depressive symptoms, which often interfere with a good night’s sleep, the researchers wrote.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 17 July 2025
Others Are Backed By More Research Still, the new paper found that some supplements have been more extensively studied than others for their potential to ease depressive symptoms:
Omega-3 fatty acids.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 16 July 2025
Women at particular risk of high depressive symptoms include those who are Black, those with low educational levels or high body mass index, and who use alcohol and tobacco.
—Lauren Tetenbaum, Flow Space, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depressive
Adjective
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The reversal is notable because this traditionally bleak indicator had been trending more positively under Trump's second term—until now.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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Restaurants were closed, staff were furloughed, and the broad outlook on the hospitality industry’s future was, in a word, bleak.—
Lela London,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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For women, the situation is even more depressing with 90% of women excluded from the workforce, unable to work outside their homes.—
Natasha Lindstaedt,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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And blame can be depressing; accepting responsibility for something that went terribly wrong is often painful and embarrassing.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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The work’s third movement offers an intriguing pizzicato section, as well moments of discordant — though not somber — unease.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
11 July 2025
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Both the original Godzilla film—produced in Japan less than a decade after Hiroshima and Nagasaki—and the 1956 version released in the States (with a performance by the actor Raymond Burr spliced in for American audiences) are somber and even daring for the time.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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Horgan’s Eva Garvey is funny and nurturing and grounded but also quite lonely and bitter, a character whose love and bile hold Bad Sisters together.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 July 2025
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Even the psychological pain can be hard to fathom, especially for those who have never truly been lonely.—
Paul Bloom,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Transformed into a swan by the evil sorcerer Rothbart, Odette and Siegfried's love faces an impossible battle against dark forces.—
Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
22 July 2025
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The other dark money entity paying for ads that promote a candidate is 5Plus1, which has been spending oodles on billboards and campaign literature mailed to Detroiters that promote Sheffield, the city council president.—
M.L. Elrick,
Freep.com,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Padam and Tulsi, whose remote Himalayan village has become increasingly desolate as families migrate to cities, leaving the pair to wonder who will perform their last rites.—
Variety Staff,
Variety,
25 July 2025
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Imagine how desolate the Democrats are that a Democrat running on affordability is an anti-establishment Democrat.—
Ted Reed,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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Recognizing the attraction people have to scary films, the band hit on the novel idea to translate the morbid thrill of Grand Guignol to rock ‘n roll.—
Jim Farber,
Billboard,
22 July 2025
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The show also has some critics, including viewers who accuse it of being overly morbid.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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Too little could leave you feeling down and even depressed.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Francis was depressed and couldn’t get out of bed for months, and in July 1976, a jury awarded her $2.6 million, finding the Howard Johnson chain responsible for her unsafe room.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
17 July 2025
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“Depressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depressive. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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