suicidal

as in depressed

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Adjective
  • Deadpool, is depressed, according to a synopsis by Showtimes.
    John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Amid a glut of dour, depressed series with Serious Things to Say, a show that carries itself so lightly is absolutely welcome.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • And the instrumental—flickering percussion and scattered, Broward County steel drums, merged with slow-mo, almost G-funk synths—is both melancholic and upbeat at the same time.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2024
  • With aesthetic roots in pre-Victorian Gothic fiction, goth was adapted into a black-shrouded subculture by fans of melancholic 1980s British rock bands like the Cure and Cocteau Twins and has, since then, been sliced, diced, and spliced into dozens of divergent factions.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Instead of simply telling CEOs that employees are unhappy, provide hard evidence that points to why.
    Alena Botros, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Pickford grew up in a quiet, unhappy house near Richmond Park, in southwest London.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Maybe not the question to ask a Canadian, but could sad smoke breaks bring America together today?
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
  • One of Jones’ most famous productions stands as his top-selling title in this sad moment, but it’s not credited to him as an artist.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • As that night unfolded with a kind of morbid curiosity — was this really happening?
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Ask Insensitive Questions This is one time to keep your morbid curiosity to yourself.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Most notable within Jones’ theme is the use of vibraphone when set against his orchestra’s melancholy strings.
    A.D. Amorosi, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Only three episodes in, and Joe’s home-life pattern is already getting a bit redundant — pull up to the driveway with a melancholy mix of weariness and relief, get triggered into perceiving a phantom threat, draw a gun and almost shoot a family member.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • But Cal is understandably pretty inconsolable, which leaves Schmitt crying outside.
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The primate’s behavior could instead suggest a failure to grasp the fact that the baby has died; far from being inconsolable, maybe the animal in question is just oblivious.
    Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • An anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time — one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure.
    Austin Curtright, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
  • His samples are full of vibrating guitars, sorrowful organs, and cascading drums.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024

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“Suicidal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suicidal. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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