suicidal

== English == === Etymology === From suicide + -al. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsuː.ɪˈsaɪ.dəl/, /ˌsjuː.ɪˈsaɪ.dəl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsu.əˈsaɪ.dəl/, /ˌsu.ɪ-/ Rhymes: -aɪdəl Hyphenation: su‧i‧ci‧dal === Adjective === suicidal (comparative more suicidal, superlative most suicidal) Pertaining to suicide. Antonym: nonsuicidal Of a person, likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide. 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. (informal, hyperbolic) Extremely reckless. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === suicidal (plural suicidals) Someone suicidal; someone likely to kill themselves. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === clausiid