suicidal

5 definitions • 4 examples

People who are suicidal want to kill themselves or are in a mental state in which it is likely that they will try to do so:

Pete was so depressed after his girlfriend left him that I actually thought he was suicidal.

Suicidal behaviour is likely to result in death:

He took some suicidal risks.

causing your own defeat or failure:

It would be suicidal to say that in a job interview.

having the tendency to want to kill yourself

Suicidal also means likely to cause your own defeat:

The union leader argued that a strike now would be suicidal.