Meanings
adjectiveclinically depressed (comparative more clinically depressed, superlative most clinically depressed)
comparative more clinically depressed · superlative most clinically depressed
- Exhibiting major depressive disorder.
Abraham Lincoln was clinically depressed. Some say he was gay. He guest-starred on a “Star Trek” episode and became a vampire slayer.
2021 March 14, John Blake, “Did Black lives matter to Abraham Lincoln? It’s complicated”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2022
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APA
clinically depressed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinically%20depressed
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“clinically depressed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinically%20depressed. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clinically depressed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinically%20depressed.
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