different between depressed vs afflictive
depressed
English
Etymology
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- (US, UK) IPA(key): /d??p??st/
Verb
depressed
- simple past tense and past participle of depress
Adjective
depressed (comparative more depressed, superlative most depressed)
- unhappy; despondent
- Suffering from clinical depression.
- Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.
Synonyms
- despondent
- emo (informal, sometimes pejorative)
- gloomy
- melancholy
- miserable
- sad
- unhappy
Antonyms
- cheerful
Derived terms
- depressedly
- depressedness
Translations
depressed From the web:
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afflictive
English
Etymology
afflict +? -ive
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?kt?v
Adjective
afflictive (comparative more afflictive, superlative most afflictive)
- That causes physical or mental pain.
- 1716, Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, 2nd edition edited by Samuel Johnson, London: J. Payne, 1756, Part I, p. 44,[1]
- […] we consider not sufficiently the good of evils, nor fairly compute the mercies of PROVIDENCE in things afflictive at first hand.
- 1718, Alexander Pope (translator), The Iliad of Homer, London: Bernard Lintot, Volume 4, Book 14, p. 96,[2]
- All this from Jove’s afflictive Hand we bear:
- Who, far from Argos, wills our Ruin here.
- 1718, Matthew Prior “Henry and Emma” in Poems on Several Occasions, London: Jacob Tonson, p. 229,[3]
- But canst Thou, tender Maid, canst Thou sustain
- Afflictive Want, or Hunger’s pressing Pain?
- 1847, Anne Brontë (pseudonym Acton Bell), Agnes Grey, Chapter 3,[4]
- In my childhood I could not imagine a more afflictive punishment than for my mother to refuse to kiss me at night: the very idea was terrible.
- 1716, Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, 2nd edition edited by Samuel Johnson, London: J. Payne, 1756, Part I, p. 44,[1]
Derived terms
- afflictively
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.flik.tiv/
- Homophone: afflictives
Adjective
afflictive
- feminine singular of afflictif
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