Meaning of depressoid | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Resembling depression.
2. Depressing or miserable.
   derogatory, slang

Examples

“[…] of the difficulties in differentiating the "depressoid" picture of acute grief from the clinical depressions that may evolve later, […]”

“The major problem for the clinician involves the differentiation of those states which represent "real" depression from those "depressoid" states associated with grief.”

“They recommend that such depressions be treated with antidepressants whether evolved from the depressoid state of acute grief or not.”

“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.”

“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. […]”

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