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doomed
doom D0340400 (do͞om)n.1. Inevitable destruction or ruin: a tyrant who finally met his doom.2. A decision or judgment, especially an official condemnation to a severe penalty.3. Judgment Day.4. A statute or ordinance, especially one in force in Anglo-Saxon England.tr.v. doomed, doom·ing, dooms 1. To condemn to ruination or death.2. To cause to come to an inevitable bad end; destine to end badly: "With the benefit of hindsight, the fans felt that they knew all along that the Red Sox were doomed to lose" (Daniel L. Schachter). [Middle English dom, from Old English dōm, judgment; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]doomed (duːmd) adjbound to fail; hopelessThesaurusNoun | 1. | doomed - people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice"lostpeople - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" | Adj. | 1. | doomed - marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed"dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin" | | 2. | doomed - in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls"unredeemed, unsaved, cursed, damnedChristian religion, Christianity - a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as saviorlost - spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon" | | 3. | doomed - marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescottill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unluckyunfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned" | | 4. | doomed - (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination"fatedsure, certain - certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win" |
doomedadjective hopeless, condemned, ill-fated, fated, unhappy, unfortunate, cursed, unlucky, blighted, hapless, bedevilled, luckless, ill-starred, star-crossed, ill-omened a doomed attempt to rescue the childrendoomedadjective1. Sentenced to terrible, irrevocable punishment:condemned, fated, foredoomed, lost.2. Condemned, especially to hell:damned, lost.Idiom: gone to blazes.TranslationsIdiomsSeedoomEncyclopediaSeeDoomdoomed
Synonyms for doomedadj hopelessSynonyms- hopeless
- condemned
- ill-fated
- fated
- unhappy
- unfortunate
- cursed
- unlucky
- blighted
- hapless
- bedevilled
- luckless
- ill-starred
- star-crossed
- ill-omened
Synonyms for doomedadj sentenced to terrible, irrevocable punishmentSynonyms- condemned
- fated
- foredoomed
- lost
adj condemned, especially to hellSynonymsSynonyms for doomednoun people who are destined to die soonSynonymsRelated Wordsadj marked for certain deathRelated Wordsadj in danger of the eternal punishment of HellSynonyms- unredeemed
- unsaved
- cursed
- damned
Related Words- Christian religion
- Christianity
- lost
adj marked by or promising bad fortuneSynonyms- ill-fated
- ill-omened
- ill-starred
- unlucky
Related Wordsadj (usually followed by 'to') determined by tragic fateSynonymsRelated Words |