doomful

[ doom-fuh l ]
/ ˈdum fəl /

adjective

foreshadowing doom; portentously direful; ominous.

Origin of doomful

First recorded in 1580–90; doom + -ful

OTHER WORDS FROM doomful

doom·ful·ly, adverb

Example sentences from the Web for doomful

  • Once I heard a man telling of a doomful hour in which his fortune won by years of hard work, broke and vanished like a bubble.

    The Light in the Clearing |Irving Bacheller