depressoid

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Resembling depression.

   • […] 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.
2. 2

   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.
   • 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. […]
3. 3

   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. […]
   • 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.

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