doom

[ doom ]

/ dum /

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noun

fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.

ruin; death: to fall to one's doom.

a judgment, decision, or sentence, especially an unfavorable one: The judge pronounced the defendant's doom.

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.

to pronounce judgment against; condemn.

to ordain or fix as a sentence or fate.

Origin of doom

before 900; Middle English dome, dōm, Old English dōm judgment, law; cognate with Old Norse dōmr, Gothic dōms; compare Sanskrit dhā́man, Greek thémis law; see do¹, deem

SYNONYMS FOR doom

1 See fate.

3 condemnation.

6 predestine.

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OTHER WORDS FROM doom

doom·y, adjective pre·doom, verb (used with object) self-doomed, adjective

Words nearby doom

doolally, doolan, doolie, doolittle, dooly, doom, doom and gloom, doom palm, doom-laden, doomful, dooms

Example sentences from the Web for doom

When summer comes, adult beetles attack and larva feed in the cambium layer, girdling the trees and sealing their doom.

What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear |Doug Peacock |November 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Many view it as a man drawn to his doom by his infatuation for a younger woman, and youth in general.

Jonathan Demme on Gaza, Transphobia in ‘The Silence of the Lambs,’ and Meryl Streep as a Rock Star |Marlow Stern |July 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And that may doom any shot Hillary Clinton has at the presidency.

Hillary’s Doomed if She Can’t Learn to Talk About Her Privilege |Keli Goff |June 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Thankfully, I have a high-speed Internet connection, so my doom window was but fleeting.

Online Dating for Geniuses Only |Charlotte Lytton |June 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

“Every sad and bitter tale has its hour when the doom inevitable in the long run becomes inescapable in the short,” Kempton wrote.

Tupac and Murray Kempton: The Godfather Who Wore Tweed |Michael Daly |June 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
They dare not let you live, for your existence spells their doom.

Under the Witches' Moon |Nathan Gallizier
The imprudence of Haman hastened the doom his crimes had provoked.

Notable Women of Olden Time |Anonymous
The doom of eternity, and the fortunes of life, cannot be placed in competition.

Lothair |Benjamin Disraeli
Seymour Michael had kept silence, and elsewhere, perhaps, at that very moment his doom was spoken.

From One Generation to Another |Henry Seton Merriman
Let us also be exalted with an honourable show of joy, following in death the doom of our noble father.

The Danish History, Books I-IX |Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned")

British Dictionary definitions for doom

doom

/ (duːm) /

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

Word Origin for doom

Old English dōm; related to Old Norse dōmr judgment, Gothic dōms sentence, Old High German tuom condition, Greek thomos crowd, Sanskrit dhāman custom; see do 1, deem, deed, -dom

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