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doom
[doom]
noun
fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune.
In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
to fall to one's doom.
a judgment, decision, or sentence, especially an unfavorable one.
The judge pronounced the defendant's doom.
Synonyms: , , ,the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.
Obsolete.a statute, enactment, or legal judgment.
verb (used with object)
to destine, especially to an adverse fate.
Synonyms: ,to pronounce judgment against; condemn.
to ordain or fix as a sentence or fate.
doom
/ ː /
noun
death or a terrible fate
a judgment or decision
(sometimes capital) another term for the Last Judgment
verb
(tr) to destine or condemn to death or a terrible fate
Other Word Forms
- doomy adjective
- predoom verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Origin of doom1
Word History and Origins
Origin of doom1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"We're not yet in a doom loop – but we need to wake up."
Others say he may be content with the havoc wrought while doomed cases wend their way through the justice system.
Despite the tumult, Wilson kept on recording and performing, sometimes showing glimpses of his former self, yet always doomed to having his every song, his every melody compared to his earlier work.
As the film trudges from his hospice bed to his youth, we’ll come to see that the doomed townsfolk have the same faces and mannerisms of people Chuck knew as a child.
Between the actors' silent conversations and the nuances of envy and backhanded slights White conveys through dialogue, these friends brutally play out the intimacy gap that can doom vintage friendships.
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