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suicidal
- /ˌsuː.ɪˈsaɪ.dəl/ UK
- /ˌsjuː.ɪˈsaɪ.dəl/ UK
- /ˌsu.əˈsaɪ.dəl/ US
- /ˌsu.ɪ-/ US
Rhymes with -aɪdəl
adjective more suicidal · most suicidal
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Pertaining to suicide.
He is an authority on the precursors of suicidal behavior.
Opposite: nonsuicidal
- Of a person, likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide. After losing his job, his wife, and his leg in a single week, he became suicidal.
- Of a voluntarily-chosen course of action, highly likely to certain to result in the deaths of the participants; dangerous or reckless to such a degree as to be tantamount to suicide for those taking part. Now, that, admittedly, did do an awful lot more damage (the 5th and 6th were almost completely wiped out), but the High Seas Fleet was, in turn, almost completely wiped out (in fact, basically was wiped out, to a man) by the oncoming rest of the British Grand Fleet, and it was decided by everybody t
- Extremely reckless. His driving habits are utterly suicidal.
noun suicidals
- Someone suicidal; someone likely to kill themselves.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: self-destructive, dangerous, unsafe, suicide, disastrous, sick, overkill, reckless, ideation, jumper, bomber, sacrificial, martyrdom, fedayee, ideas, self-harming
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adj pertaining to suicide
| Español | suicida |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | आत्मघाती ātmaghātī |
| Français | suicidaire |
| Deutsch | Selbstmord-, suizidal |
| Italiano | suicida |
| Русский | самоуби́йственный samoubíjstvennyj, суицида́льный suicidálʹnyj |
| العربية | اِنْتِحَارِيّ intiḥāriyy |
adj likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide
| Español | suicida |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | आत्मघाती ātmaghātī |
| Français | suicidaire |
| Deutsch | suizidgefährdet |
| Русский | скло́нный к суици́ду sklónnyj k suicídu, скло́нный к самоуби́йству sklónnyj k samoubíjstvu |
adj extremely reckless
| Español | suicida |
|---|---|
| Français | suicidaire |
| Deutsch | selbstmörderisch |
noun someone suicidal
| Español | suicida |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | आत्मघाती ātmaghātī |
| Français | suicidaire |
Talk about this word "suicidal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/suicidal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. suicidal. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/suicidal "suicidal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/suicidal.Cite this
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title = {suicidal},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/suicidal},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
