Mary's realisation that she was gay plunged her into a reactive depression.
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Reactive
/ɹiːˈæktɪv/
Synonyms for "reactive" (43 found)
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Adjective(5 words)
Noun(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Preposition(1 words)
by chemical action
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Verb(2 words)
Adjective(6 words)
Noun(5 words)
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2 entrieschemical propertytrait
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4 entriesCollocations
5 entrieschemical reactivityreactive metalreactive solutionreactive speciesreactive system
Inflections
2 entriesmore reactivemost reactive
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7 entriesSample sentences
8 total sentences available.
We'd much rather be proactive than reactive.
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We have been reticent, or maybe just slow, or maybe we’ve denied the changes that are going on. And so we’ve been slow to react to them. We haven’t been proactive. We’ve been reactive.
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Retroactive jealousy is more toxic than reactive jealousy.
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