suicidal

English

Etymology

suicide +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s(j)uːɪˈsaɪdəl/

Adjective

suicidal (comparative more suicidal, superlative most suicidal)

1. Pertaining to suicide.

   He is an authority on the precursors of suicidal behavior.

2. (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.

3. (informal) Extremely reckless.

   His driving habits are utterly suicidal.

Related terms

• suicidality
• suicide

Translations

pertaining to suicide

• Arabic: اِنْتِحَارِيّ‎‎ (intiḥāriyy)
• Czech: sebevražedný (cs) m
• Finnish: itsemurha- (fi), itsetuhoinen (fi)

• French: suicidaire (fr)
• German: Suizid-, Selbstmord-, suizidal (de), selbstmörderisch
• Serbo-Croatian: sȕicidālan (sh)

likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide

• Finnish: itsetuhoinen (fi)
• French: suicidaire (fr)
• German: suizidgefährdet

• Serbo-Croatian: sȕicidālan (sh)
• Swedish: självmordsbenägen (sv)

extremely reckless

• Finnish: tyhmänrohkea, itsetuhoinen (fi)

• German: selbstmörderisch

Noun

suicidal (plural suicidals)

1. someone suicidal, someone likely to kill themselves

Translations

someone suicidal

• Finnish: itsemurhakandidaatti

Anagrams

• clausiid