suicidal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌsu.əˈsaɪ.dəl/ (General-American)
- /ˌsu.ɪ-/ (General-American)
- /ˌsjuː.ɪˈsaɪ.dəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌsuː.ɪˈsaɪ.dəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From suicide + -al.
Meanings
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Pertaining to suicide.
He is an authority on the precursors of suicidal behavior.
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Of a person, likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide.
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:It makes me feel better that I’m not the only one who fantasizes about being struck down by a meteor on my way to work. Mind you, I’m not actively suicidal at all. I just kinda think being dead without actually killing myself would be easier and way less exhausting.”
2023 December 2, Tim Graham, “American Psychological Association Announces “Feeling Like Dying But Not Really Suicidal” New Baseline For Normal Mental Health”, in The Hard Times, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2025:After losing his job, his wife, and his leg in a single week, he became suicidal.
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:
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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 that this kind of, like, suicidal, completely suicidal, charge was probably a bit out of character for Hipper, and so we didn't take that particular one into account.
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:
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(excessive, informal) 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more suicidal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most suicidal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
suicidalness · subsuicidal · antisuicidal · parasuicidal · presuicidal · suicidal empathy · suicidalism · suicidal ideation · depressive suicidal black metal · sillycidal · postsuicidal · pseudosuicidal
Relateds
suicidality · suicidally · suicide
Translations (56)
cy hunanladdol (pertaining to suicide) · hi आत्मघाती (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · es suicida (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · fi itsetuhoinen (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · fi tyhmänrohkea (extremely reckless) · ru самоуби́йственный (pertaining to suicide) · sq vetëvrasës (pertaining to suicide) · sv suicidal (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · es suicida (pertaining to suicide) · fi itsetuhoinen (extremely reckless) · fr suicidaire (pertaining to suicide) · pl samobójczy (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · uk суїцида́льний (pertaining to suicide) · ru суицида́льный (pertaining to suicide) · ru скло́нный к самоуби́йству (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · fi itsemurha- (pertaining to suicide) · uk самовби́вчий (pertaining to suicide) · ru скло́нный к суици́ду (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · sh су̏ицида̄лан (pertaining to suicide) · be самагу́бны (pertaining to suicide) · bg самоуби́йствен (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · fr suicidaire (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · de Selbstmord- (pertaining to suicide) · be суіцыда́льны (pertaining to suicide) · sh су̏ицида̄лан (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · sl samomorilen (pertaining to suicide) · hu öngyilkos (pertaining to suicide) · bg самоуби́йствен (pertaining to suicide) · uk самогу́бний (pertaining to suicide) · it suicida (pertaining to suicide) · sk samovražedný (pertaining to suicide) · hi आत्मघाती (pertaining to suicide) · nl levensmoe (extremely reckless) · sh sȕicidālan (pertaining to suicide) · sv självmordsbenägen (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · hu öngyilkos (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · is í sjálfsmorðshættu (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · pl samobójczy (pertaining to suicide) · fi itsetuhoinen (pertaining to suicide) · hu öngyilkos (extremely reckless) · de selbstmörderisch (extremely reckless) · sq vetëvrasës (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · hy ինքնասպանական (pertaining to suicide) · sq vetëvrasës (extremely reckless) · sh sȕicidālan (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · cy hunanladdol (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · ga i riocht tú fein a mharú (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · cs sebevražedný (pertaining to suicide) · da selvmorderisk (pertaining to suicide) · ar اِنْتِحَارِيّ (pertaining to suicide) · mk самоубиствен (pertaining to suicide) · nl suïcidaal (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · de suizidgefährdet (likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide) · nl zelfmoord (pertaining to suicide) · de suizidal (pertaining to suicide) · ga féinmharfach (pertaining to suicide)