DEATH WISH

Meaning of DEATH WISH in English

noun

: the conscious or unconscious desire for the death of another or of oneself

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

DEATH WISH — noun Date: 1913 the conscious or unconscious desire for the death of oneself or of another
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DEATH WISH — 1. desire for one's own death or for the death of another. 2. Psychiatry. a suicidal desire, manifested by passivity, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEATH WISH — desire for death (by a person - about himself or someone else)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DEATH WISH — Date: 1913 : the conscious or unconscious desire for the death of oneself or of another
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEATH WISH — Function: noun Date: 1913 : the conscious or unconscious desire for the death of oneself or of another
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DEATH WISH — ■ noun an unconscious desire for one's own death.
Concise Oxford English vocab
DEATH WISH — [death wish] n (1913): the conscious or unconscious desire for the death of oneself or of another
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEATH WISH — noun [ sing. ] a desire to die, often that sb is not aware of
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEATH WISH — ˈdeath wish BrE AmE noun [singular] a desire to die: Before I did the jump, people would ask if I …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEATH-WISH — see death wish
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEATH WISH — also death-wish A death wish is a conscious or unconscious desire to die or be killed. N-SING
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEATH WISH — also death-wish A ~ is a conscious or unconscious desire to die or be killed. N-SING
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DEATH-WISH — see death wish
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DEATH WISH — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ You don't use your seatbelt? What do you have, a death wish ? EXAMPLES …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEATH WISH — Synonyms and related words : Schmerz, Slough of Despond, blank despondency, dejectedness, dejection, depression, despair, despondency, despondentness, discouragement, disheartenment, dispiritedness, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEATH WISH — saying you want to die, inviting death To challenge the Mafia would be a death wish. It would be suicide.
English Idioms vocab
DEATH WISH — saying you want to die, inviting death To challenge the Mafia would be a death wish. It would be suicide.
English Idioms vocabulary
DEATH WISH — псих. инстинкт смерти, желание умереть (подсознательное стремление к собственной смерти) (психологическое) инстинкт смерти, желание умереть (подсознательное стремление к собственной смерти)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEATH WISH — Жажда смерти
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DEATH WISH — психол. инстинкт смерти, желание умереть ( подсознательное стремление к собственной смерти )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DEATH WISH — психол. инстинкт смерти, желание умереть (подсознательное стремление к собственной смерти)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
DEATH WISH — психол. инстинкт смерти, желание умереть ( подсознательное стремление к собственной смерти )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DEATH WISH — психол. инстинкт смерти, желание умереть ( подсознательное стремление к собственной смерти )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DEATH WISH — 1) желание умереть; 2) по З. Фрейду - инстинкт смерти, выражающийся в подсознательном стремлении к собственной смерти.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
DEATH WISH — псих. инстинкт смерти, желание умереть (подсознательное стремление к собственной смерти) (психологическое) инстинкт смерти, желание умереть (подсознательное стремление к собственной смерти)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WISH — n. desire (-ar)
English interlingue dictionary
DEATH — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Bataan Death March Black Death brain death death penalty dance of death Death Valley …
Английский словарь Британика
WISH — I. ˈwi]sh, dial ˈwu̇] or ]sht\ verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English wisshen, from Old English wȳscan; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEATH — ˈdeth noun ( plural deaths -ths sometimes -thz) Etymology: Middle English deeth, deth, from Old English dēath; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WISH — — wisher , n. — wishless , adj. /wish/ , v.t. 1. to want; desire; long for (usually fol. by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEATH — /deth/ , n. 1. the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WISH — I. ˈwish verb Etymology: Middle English wisshen, from Old English wȳscan; akin to Old High German wunsken to wish, Sanskrit …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEATH — noun Etymology: Middle English deeth, from Old English dēath; akin to Old Norse dauthi death, deyja to die — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WISH — noun desire; eager desire; longing. 2. wish ·noun a thing desired; an object of desire. 3. wish ·noun expression of …
Webster English vocab
DEATH — vi danger of death. 2. death ·vi cause of loss of life. 3. death ·vi loss of spiritual life. 4. …
Webster English vocab
WISH — [wish] vb [ME wisshen, fr. OE wyscan; akin to OHG wunsken to wish, Skt vanchati he wishes, vanoti he strives …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEATH — [death] n [ME deeth, fr. OE death; akin to ON dauthi death, deyja to die--more at die] (bef. 12c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEATH
Britannica English vocabulary
WISH — wish BrE AmE wɪʃ ▷ wished wɪʃt ▷ wishes ˈwɪʃ ɪz -əz ▷ wishing ˈwɪʃ ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DEATH — death BrE AmE deθ ▷ deaths deθs ▶ ˈ death camp BrE AmE ▶ ˈ death cell BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WISH — / wɪʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. (not usually used in the present progressive tense) to want …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEATH — / deθ; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] the fact of sb dying or being killed : a sudden …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WISH — I. wish 1 S1 W1 /wɪʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wyscan ] 1 . [intransitive …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEATH — death S1 W1 /deθ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ dead , ↑ death , deadliness; adjective …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WISH — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (often foll. by for) have or express a desire or aspiration for (wish for …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DEATH — n. 1 the final cessation of vital functions in an organism; the ending of life. 2 the event that terminates …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WISH — v. & n. v. 1 intr. (often foll. by for) have or express a desire or aspiration for (wish for …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DEATH — n. 1 the final cessation of vital functions in an organism; the ending of life. 2 the event that terminates …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WISH — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. (often foll. by for) have or express a desire or aspiration for (wish for …
Oxford English vocab
DEATH — n.1 the final cessation of vital functions in an organism; the ending of life. 2 the event that terminates life. …
Oxford English vocab
WISH — ( wishes, wishing, wished) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A wish …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEATH — ( deaths) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Death is the permanent …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WISH — (~es, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A ~ is …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WISH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES against...wishes (= although they knew her parents did not want them to ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEATH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WISH — (REGRET) [verb] [+ (that) clause] - to desire some situation that is different from the one that exists in realityWish …
Cambridge English vocab
DEATH — [noun] - the end of life She lived here for four years before her death. [C]Their sudden deaths in a …
Cambridge English vocab
DEATH — n. programmed cell death Bataan Death March Black Death brain death death penalty dance of death Death Valley near death …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DEATH — Synonyms and related words : Azrael, Black Death, Death, Grim Reaper, Pale Death, Reaper, Z, angel of death, annihilation, apodosis, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WISH — I. noun 1 feeling that you want sth ADJECTIVE ▪ dearest , deepest , desperate , fervent , fondest ( …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DEATH — See ↑ DIE 6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be a matter of life and death/be a matter of life or death …
Longman Activator English vocab
WISH — n. 25B6; verb I wished for power : DESIRE, want, hope for, covet, dream of, long for, yearn for, crave, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WISH — v. 1 desire, want; yearn, crave, long, hope, hanker, have a mind, (have a) fancy, choose, care I wish you'd …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WISH — verb 1 BAD : I wish you have a wonderful holiday. GOOD : I hope you have a wonderful holiday. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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