Depressional
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of or pertaining to psychological depression. not-comparable
"It’s only right that the tide of inspirational books should yield to the occasional depressional one — for every humorist, a dishumorist, a man who runs his nails down the blackboard and makes everyone’s hair stand up, though we humorists would note that you have to work hard to get a laugh and that dishumor is tyrannical: you need only say out loud, “How can you people stand around here and enjoy yourselves while the world is falling apart?” and all conversation ends."
- 2 Of or pertaining to a physical depression. not-comparable
"Those natural depressional wetlands are comparable to those occurring in the SE and NW case-study areas..."
Example
More examples"It’s only right that the tide of inspirational books should yield to the occasional depressional one — for every humorist, a dishumorist, a man who runs his nails down the blackboard and makes everyone’s hair stand up, though we humorists would note that you have to work hard to get a laugh and that dishumor is tyrannical: you need only say out loud, “How can you people stand around here and enjoy yourselves while the world is falling apart?” and all conversation ends."
Etymology
From depression + -al.
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