Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

depressoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-pres-soid
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling depression.

adj

Depressing or miserable.

Derogatory; Slang

noun

A depressed or miserable person.

Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"[…] 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. […]"

Etymology

From depress + -oid (“resembling”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: depress

Usage

Inflected Forms

more depressoid (comparative) most depressoid (superlative) depressoids (plural)

Questions

What does depressoid mean?: Resembling depression.
Where does depressoid come from?: From depress + -oid (“resembling”).

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