Definitions

death wish

NOUN

desire to die

Synonyms

WEAK

black despondency death instinct gloom and doom pessimism self-destructive urge suicidal despair

Example Sentences

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Carter found that such high-sensation seekers are unequivocal on one point: they do not have a death wish.

From The Wall Street Journal

"You would have to have a death wish to go out now," one Iranian journalist reflected.

From BBC

An attack on him was a "death wish by the attacker" he said, and he thanked Congress for approving more money for the Secret Service.

From BBC

In the Northwest, winter hiking can feel like an exercise in misery at best and a possible death wish at worst, but not in Arizona.

From Seattle Times

I don’t have some kind of death wish.

From Seattle Times