death wish

Noun

Meaning

(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

suicide self-annihilation Thanatos last gasp death instinct

Antonyms

being self-defense existing resistance defense reality
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Hypernyms

impulse urge

Examples

Johnny Ringo to me was just the best antagonist that I've ever played, because I played him as a guy who has a death wish and had done everything that he wanted in life. As far as he was concerned, a gun fight was about as exciting as it was going to get. Michael Biehn

Is there a point to your latest irritation, Kish? (Sin) Had a sudden death wish. Felt the deep need to come up here and have you freeze me. (Kish) Sherrilyn Kenyon

Jesus, you've got a death wish." "Right now I have a bathroom-and-sleep-somewhere safe wish, kid. Lilith Saintcrow

what can only be termed, a self-imposed European death wish. Ted Malloch

Then, Holden, the little Fang gang kid, came out of nowhere with an apparent death wish. He raced directly toward the maniac with the gun shrieking something that sounded like. James Patterson

It wasn't a death wish. It was a see-how-close-you-can-get-and-live wish. Steve Perry

Close letter words and terms

death warmed up death warrant death whistle death wobble death worship death zone