suicidal

CEFRB2

/ˌsuː.ɪˈsaɪ.dəl/

adjective

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In plain English

01
adjective
Related to or involving thoughts of killing oneself.
02
adjective
Extra detail
Of a person, likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide.

Examples

Tom never told me he was having suicidal thoughts.
My friend says that she's suicidal.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5

Also pronounced

/ˌsjuː.ɪˈsaɪ.dəl/
/ˌsu.ɪ-/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

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.
Pertaining to suicide.
Extremely reckless.

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In context

After losing his job, his wife, and his leg in a single week, he became suicidal.
He is an authority on the precursors of suicidal behavior.
She's having suicidal thoughts.

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Citations

The word in print, with each source given in full.

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
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
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
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
“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

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Origin

adjective

From suicide + -al.

Deep Dive

adjective

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The patient's blank— thoughts worried the doctor and required immediate help.

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adjective

The patient's blank thoughts worried the doctor and required immediate help.