suicidal
Syllables: su·i·ci·dal/ˌsuː.ɪˈsaɪ.dəl//ˌsu.əˈsaɪ.dəl/
suicidal adjective: pertaining to suicide.
Adjective
suicidal (comparative more suicidal, superlative most suicidal)
- Pertaining to suicide.
- He is an authority on the precursors of suicidal behavior.
- Antonyms:
- 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.
- The campaign aimed to give commuters the confidence to trust their own instincts and intervene if they spot someone vulnerable who may be at risk of suicide, and to talk to them to interrupt their suicidal thoughts.2020 July 1, Ruth Sutherland, Neil Peters, “Answering the call”, in Rail, page 47
- 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...2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 33:41 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022
- Extremely reckless.
- His driving habits are utterly suicidal.
- “We’ve got civilizational suicidal empathy going on,” Musk said, borrowing the term from Gad Saad, a Canadian scholar who is also a frequent Rogan host.2025 March 5, Zachary B. Wolf, “Elon Musk wants to save Western civilization from empathy”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2025
Noun
suicidal (plural suicidals)
- Someone suicidal; someone likely to kill themselves.
suicidal meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
suicidal in Hindi
- pertaining to suicide
- आत्मघाती ātmaghātī
- likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide
- आत्मघाती ātmaghātī
- someone suicidal
- आत्मघाती ātmaghātī
suicidal in Marathi
- suicidal; relating to or tending toward self-harm or suicide
- आत्मघातक ātmaghātak
suicidal in Urdu
- suicidal; of or relating to suicide
- خودکش xudkuś
suicidal in Bengali
- আত্মঘাতী, আত্মহননমূলক
More languagesFewer languages
- suicidal in Malayalam
- ആത്മഹത്യാപരമായ, സ്വാർത്ഥനാശകമായ
- suicidal in Arabic
- اِنْتِحَارِيّ intiḥāriyy
Examples of suicidal in a sentence
- Seven people were killed and 66 injured after a High Speed Train slammed into a stationary vehicle that had been parked across the main line by a suicidal driver.2021 February 24, Paul Stephen, “Level crossings are one of our key risk areas”, in RAIL, number 925, page 46:
- Mind you, I’m not actively suicidal at all.2023 December 2, Tim Graham, “American Psychological Association Announces “Feeling Like Dying But Not Really Suicidal” New Baseline For...
Antonyms of suicidal
Forms of suicidal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more suicidal |
| superlative | most suicidal |
| Noun | |
| plural | suicidals |
Origin of suicidal
From suicide + -al.
Words formed from suicidal
Phrases with suicidal
Words that rhyme with suicidal
Questions about suicidal
- What does suicidal mean?
- Suicidal means pertaining to suicide.
- What is suicidal in Hindi?
- Suicidal in Hindi is आत्मघाती (ātmaghātī). See Suicidal meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use suicidal in a sentence?
- Seven people were killed and 66 injured after a High Speed Train slammed into a stationary vehicle that had been parked across the main line by a suicidal driver.
- What part of speech is suicidal?
- Suicidal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce suicidal?
- Suicidal is pronounced /ˌsuː.ɪˈsaɪ.dəl/ (UK).
Words near suicidal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: suicidal (page history and authors); आत्मघातक (Marathi) (page history and authors); خودکش (Urdu) (page history and authors); suicidal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suicidal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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