depressiveness
Chronic low spirits
The quality of being depressive—tending toward depression or producing a depressing effect.
The word appears in clinical contexts describing personality traits the depressiveness of his temperament and in descriptions of environments or situations the depressiveness of the industrial landscape.
Less common than related forms like depressing or depression.
Subdued, lasting sadness
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- sadnessState of emotional pain
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
despair · anhedonia · apathy · numbness · woefulness · forlornness · heartache · anguish
Chronic low-grade melancholy
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- insomniaPersistent inability to rest
- anhedoniaInability to feel enjoyment
withdrawal · rumination · psychomotor · medication · therapy · diagnosis · symptoms · episode
Dreary and without cheer
- drearyDull and depressing
- sombreGloomy and serious
- gloomyDark and dispiriting
- dismalDepressingly dark or dull
murky · overcast · dim · grey · cheerless · dull · oppressive · heavy
Measure of heaviness
- heavinessState of being weighty
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- suffocationFatal lack of air
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
grinding · sinking · inertia · gravity · encumbrance · overwhelm · exhaustion · drag
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- sadnessState of emotional pain
sorrow · despair · anhedonia · apathy · numbness · woefulness · forlornness · heartache · anguish · downheartedness
dysthymia
Chronic low-grade melancholy
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- insomniaPersistent inability to rest
anhedonia · withdrawal · rumination · psychomotor · medication · therapy · diagnosis · symptoms · episode · chronic
bleak
Dreary and without cheer
dismal · murky · overcast · dim · grey · cheerless · dull · oppressive · heavy · leaden
weight
Measure of heaviness
- heavinessState of being weighty
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- suffocationFatal lack of air
crushing · grinding · sinking · inertia · gravity · encumbrance · overwhelm · exhaustion · drag · anchor
depressivenesscheerfulness
State of bright spirits
happiness · joyfulness · buoyancy · lightheartedness · sunniness
depressivenesscheeriness
Warm, lively good spirits
brightness · warmth · vibrancy · airiness · liveliness
depressivenessvibrancy
Dynamic, pulsing quality
liveliness · vivacity · exuberance · ebullience · spiritedness
depressed, depression, depressing, depress, depressurization, depressions, depressant, depressive, antidepressant