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Depressed vs Afflictive - What's the difference?

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Depressed is a related term of afflictive.


As adjectives the difference between depressed and afflictive

is that depressed is unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent while afflictive is that causes physical or mental pain.

As a verb depressed

is (depress).

depressed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (depress)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent
  • Suffering from clinical depression.
  • Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.

    • Derived terms

    * depressedly * depressedness

    Synonyms

    * despondent * gloomy * melancholy * miserable * sad * unhappy * emo (qualifier)

    Antonyms

    * cheerful

    afflictive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That causes physical or mental pain
    • (Alexander Pope)
    (Prior)