Depressoid
adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A depressed or miserable person. derogatory, slang
"[…] 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. […]"
- 1 Resembling depression.
"[…] of the difficulties in differentiating the "depressoid" picture of acute grief from the clinical depressions that may evolve later, […]"
- 2 Depressing or miserable. derogatory, slang
"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."
Example
More examples"[…] of the difficulties in differentiating the "depressoid" picture of acute grief from the clinical depressions that may evolve later, […]"
Etymology
From depress + -oid (“resembling”).
From depress + -oid (“derogatory suffix”).
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