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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
- Ǵdz· adjective
- ·Ǵdz verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Origin of doom1
Word History and Origins
Origin of doom1
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Example Sentences
And while anyone who's ever been an actor has got to crave, if not adoration, then at least a lot of approval, Meghan seems doomed to never quite achieve that particular dream.
It took him five minutes to release the pressure valve, of sorts, that had been building as the doomed Foxes frustrated Liverpool.
In 2012, he worked on a doomed plan that would have seen the Lords made up of a combination of elected and appointed peers.
The central tension in Millet’s work comes from the sense that we’re all doomed: She writes that “stories seemed more and more useless,” and references the old line about fiddling while Rome burns.
Having a garage sale isn’t going to stave off economic doom.
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