Doom

Word DOOM
Character 4
Hyphenation doom
Pronunciations /duːm/

Definitions and meanings of "Doom"

What do we mean by doom?

Inevitable destruction or ruin. noun

A decision or judgment, especially an official condemnation to a severe penalty. noun

Judgment Day. noun

A statute or ordinance, especially one in force in Anglo-Saxon England. noun

To condemn to ruination or death. transitive verb

To cause to come to an inevitable bad end; destine to end badly. transitive verb

To judge; form a judgment upon.

To condemn to punishment; consign by a decree or sentence; pronounce sentence or judgment on; destine: as, a criminal doomed to death; we are doomed to suffer for our errors.

To ordain as a penalty; decree.

To tax by estimate or at discretion, as on the failure of a taxpayer to make a statement of his taxable property.

Judgment or decision; specifically, a decision determining fate or fortune; fateful decision or decree: originally in a neutral sense, but now generally implying an adverse decision; as, the court pronounced doom upon the culprits; to fall by doom of battle. noun

Fate decreed or determined; fixed fortune; irrevocable destiny. noun

Judgment or opinion; discernment. noun

The last judgment. See doomsday. noun

Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation. noun

That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty. noun

Ruin; death. noun

Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision. noun

To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. transitive verb

To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence. transitive verb

Destiny, especially terrible.

An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.

A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.

A law.

A judgment or decision.

A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.

Death.

(sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Doom

The word "doom" in example sentences

III. i.185 (151,7) [I fly not death, to fly his deadly doom] _To fly his doom_, used for _by flying_, or _in flying_, is a gallicism. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

Framed for the murder of his greatest competitor, all that stands between industrialist Howard Stark and certain doom is his young son, Tony … and his strange alter-ego — Iron Man! ❋ Unknown (2009)

For awhile, it seems as though certain doom is descending upon Barrow, Alaska, and the mood will blanket the entire picture. ❋ Unknown (2007)

An earnest of their doom is their having been cast out of heaven, being already restricted to "the darkness of this present world," the "air" that surrounds the earth, their peculiar element now. ❋ Unknown (1871)

She recommended not paying attention to what she calls doom-and-gloom hype. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This conjecture and cries of doom from the Obama campaign and other democrats and all the fuss over this is ridiculous. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The sense of impending doom is covered in exposition, though, when it should be crystal clear. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Wow Kay, you just got the kiss of doom from a war criminal, but then again Texas is the nations war machine capital. methuselah ❋ Unknown (2009)

One day one of the new Watchers, (insert name here) Observes a murder, and racked with pity for the human victim, intervenes, rescuing the human from certain doom (he does it in human form, before the victim sees). ❋ Unknown (2009)

I've already blogged a couple of times about the connection between climate change hysteria and global social justice, specifically the apparent intent of progressives to justify their goal of redistributing wealth "fairly" around the world by convincing us that such a wealth redistribution scheme is now the only way to "save the planet" from the certain doom of global warming. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When all the "experts" (see Economist) who were saying it was folly and sure to end in doom for the crew as everyone "knew" the world was flat! ❋ Unknown (2009)

The present middle-class doom is understandable: Salaries have been stagnating for a decade, while unemployment and poverty rates have been on the rise. ❋ Reuven Brenner (2010)

“The sense of impending doom is covered in exposition, though, when it should be crystal clear.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

Gore must have writen this speech for Odumbo, gloom and doom is a comming ❋ Unknown (2009)

Meanwhile, the House members who voted ‘no’ on the bill the first time are growing more and more terrified of voting ‘yes:’ and some of the ones who voted ‘yes’ are trying to decide whether or not doom is less likely if they switch their votes or not. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But over time, his former crew comes to his aid and, realizing his visions portend certain doom unless they do something, team up with their former Captain to save the Galaxy from certain destruction. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Missing from this portrayal of nuclear doom is the unbridled panic we expect from such scenarios. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Its not like Barrack spared him from certain doom by the goodness of his heart. ❋ Unknown (2009)

More remarkably is the tale of Elvita Adams who leapt to her anticipated doom from the 86th floor in 1979, only to be blown by a gust of wind back onto the 85th floor. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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