manic-depressive
manic-depressive manic-depressive
Definition(s):
- (n) a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness
- (adj) suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression
Usage(s):
- The sun, the earth's own star, is mildly manic-depressive, passing from quiet to excitement on a roughly eleven-year cycle.
- She focused on raising their children and entertaining in their Georgetown home until the increasingly manic-depressive Phil committed suicide in 1963.
- Elvis, despite his tremendous success, is generally believed to have been a depressive, even, it has been suggested, manic-depressive, or bipolar.
News
From snow to cold to rain, winter can't make up mind
Nature's manic-depressive run of temperatures over the past week took the blame for blowing a hole in a crusty six-inch water main on Eastman Avenue. "The cold and the warm. The cold and the warm.on January 13, 2014 Source: Foxboro Reporter
Quotes
- "I came across the book while I was researching 'Chinatown,' for something set in the past, and here I come across this story of a young writer, struggling in LA to find identity as a writer, he's insecure, he's manic-depressive -- all of those...on Mar 16, 2006 By: Robert Towne Source: WFtv.com
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