suicidal

as in depressed

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Adjective
  • Matthiessen was born in 1927 to a pair of well-off, chronically depressed New Yorkers, people who were more likely to pour a stiff drink or take to their beds than to talk openly about their feelings.
    Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Roberts plays an unhappy American in Venice who is wooed by depressed, divorced, and done-with-love Allen in a variety of vaguely dishonest ways.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Tsypkin’s account of dramatic summer of gambling and deathbed prayers is accompanied by his own melancholic photographs of nondescript walls and windows, taken on a research trip to Leningrad.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Stephen Frears’s Gothic drama is, to be fair, rather watchable — atmospheric and melancholic, with John Malkovich clearly getting a kick out of chewing any and all available scenery.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Jason Kelce, brother of Travis and former star of the Philadelphia Eagles, has issued a statement after a fake quote of him appearing to criticize those unhappy with the selection of Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl Halftime Show went viral.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement Lawmakers are reportedly unhappy with briefings on the strikes, unable to clarify the legal basis of the strikes, and the refusal from Pentagon officials to provide unedited video footage of such incidents.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Steve's wife, Chelsey Bridges, announced the sad news on Friday in a video shared to her late husband's social pages.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This admission seemed sad—critics are supposed to take pride in withstanding disagreement.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Most tourists come to London for the iconic landmarks and museums, but for those with a penchant for the foreboding, the city’s morbid history sets an especially spooky tone.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Across almost 20 novels, the British author spun fantastical tales with unsentimental wit, infusing his work with darkly morbid humor, blithe child endangerment, rotten and antagonistic adults, and a willingness to occasionally laugh at the misfortune of others.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Their sound was more sweet and melancholy.
    David Hill, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The manager who is so often the picture of calm had reddened eyes, a hint of melancholy in his voice.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Brian was inconsolable and cramped down on his hunkers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The internet is inconsolable following the news that Nicole Kidman, 57, and Keith Urban, 58, are splitting up.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The depth of humanity Kosztolányi brings to the sorrowful life of Skylark and her adoring parents is magical, and rewards anyone who overcomes its modest premise.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • May Waheguru ji grant his soul eternal abode at His feet and give strength to the family to bear this sorrowful blow.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Suicidal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suicidal. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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