suicidal

as in depressed

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Adjective
  • The results: enrollees had less financial stress and were less likely to be depressed, but there was no difference in their physical health.
    John C. Goodman, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • Even at a time when film and TV production in Southern California is depressed, A-listers want to spend their time between takes in plush surroundings.
    William Earl, Variety, 27 May 2025
Adjective
  • The film, despite grossing just under $5 million in the U.S. against a $9 million budget, later became a cult classic synonymous with the melancholic realization that teenage longing and ennui can extend into adulthood.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
  • Then there’s Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, praised for its stop-motion mastery and melancholic reinvention of the classic tale.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Adjective
  • Additionally, the more fiscally conservative Senate is increasingly unhappy with the cost of the bill, which is estimated to add $3.1 trillion to the deficit over the next decade.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Four of its main characters are in unhappy marriages and cheating on their spouses, which is sometimes awkwardly played for laughs.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • Banks: There’s a reason why the theater [symbol] is a happy face/sad face.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
  • To some, this may sound bizarre, laughable, or even just plain sad.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
Adjective
  • There’s also the morbid curiosity about Brian’s death.
    Tyler Hicks, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
  • In 1900, the average life expectancy of a 1-year-old in the U.S. was about 56 years; that bespeaks a morbid population of infants.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • Feisty, single, and prone to melancholy, Agathe works in Paris’ legendary Shakespeare and Company bookstore.
    Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
  • Part of this is undoubtedly the work of director Dean Fleischer Camp, who is best known for directing the equally charming and melancholy Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.
    EW.com, EW.com, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • Listen to this article Shaken baby syndrome is a form of abusive head trauma that occurs when a parent or caregiver violently shakes a baby through overwhelming frustration and losing control due to inconsolable or excessive crying.
    Bo Hyoun Choi, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Lowry then waited beside the swarm of Jets, each embracing Scheifele in turn, each trying to console him at an inconsolable time.
    Murat Ates, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • Kopitar then led the annual sorrowful handshake line with the Edmonton Oilers.
    Eric Stephens, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • The most powerful performance —compressed, sorrowful — comes from The Matrix's Joe Pantoliano.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Suicidal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suicidal. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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