suicidal

Definition of suicidalnext
as in depressed

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Adjective
  • One reason Red Sea traffic remains depressed is because ships can bypass it and avoid the security risk altogether by sailing around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 30 May 2026
  • As anxiety has mounted about depressed entry-level hiring, with Gen Z crowds even booing luminaries such as Eric Schmidt amid commencement speeches touting AI, Dimon has given warm but blunt advice to ambitious young workers.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 May 2026
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  • But the emotional gravity of this offering's deeply personal, melancholic lyrical content plucks an undeniably profound chord that uniquely separates it from the rest of his work.
    Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • In contrast, Bruno’s moments with his dad carry melancholic undertones.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 25 May 2026
Adjective
  • What’s leaving one unhappy child at home compared to sending five hundred people home from the theatre happy?
    Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • Shohei Ohtani almost became the most unhappy pitcher to ever be part of throwing a no-hitter.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
Adjective
  • The other six ascended to the highest office in the land as a result of the dysfunction that has made Peru a punch line in political-science circles, a sad story of ungovernability played on a loop.
    Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
  • There’s a one-note quality to the film’s comedy that grows steadily, even deliberately, more abrasive over two hours, but the sad, brash, gradually shrinking bigness of the personalities at its center holds your attention.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 June 2026
Adjective
  • Here, as ever, Kokopeli suggests that clinging to youthful talismans offers no protection against uncertainty, and reasserts the odd mix of disaffection and morbid glee produced by such reactionary impulses.
    Theo Belci, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • This pricing structure is an unfortunate symptom of our collective and morbid obsession with characters like Monroe.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2026
Adjective
  • Lines that seem artlessly off-the-cuff on first pass accrue an unexpected weight and purpose the fourth time through; the countrified guitar lick that sounds so chipper at the start of a song is dripping with melancholy by the end.
    Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 4 June 2026
  • Louis’s memories form an immersive, spellbinding confession of betrayal, murder, and melancholy with palpable sensuality.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Adjective
  • The child’s relatives were inconsolable outside the home after the child was rushed to the hospital, witnesses said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
  • The defeat left Haugh inconsolable, stunned Florida’s locker room and lingered long after the final buzzer.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2026
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  • There were women like her—some Indigenous and some African-looking sorrowful in their coarse linen shifts, huddling together.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • Along with intermittent rain, gray skies have accompanied the sorrowful mood that has permeated throughout the garage this weekend in Concord.
    Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 23 May 2026
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“Suicidal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suicidal. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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