Doom

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Inevitable destruction or ruin.
  • n. Fate, especially a tragic or ruinous one.
  • n. A decision or judgment, especially an official condemnation to a severe penalty.
  • n. Judgment Day.
  • n. A statute or ordinance, especially one in force in Anglo-Saxon England.
  • v. To condemn to ruination or death. See Synonyms at condemn.
  • v. To destine to an unhappy end.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A law.
  • n. A judgment or decision
  • n. A sentence or penalty for an illegality or type of illegality.
  • n. Death; an adverse or terrible fate, end.
  • n. Destiny, especially adverse.
  • n. An impending severe problem or danger that seems inevitable.
  • n. A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.
  • n. The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation of it.
  • v. To condemn to a terrible fate or outcome
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.
  • n. That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.
  • n. Ruin; death.
  • n. Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision.
  • v. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
  • v. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence.
  • v. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
  • v. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.
  • v. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
  • n. Fate decreed or determined; fixed fortune; irrevocable destiny.
  • n. Judgment or opinion; discernment.
  • n. The last judgment. See doomsday.
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
  • v. make certain of the failure or destruction of
  • v. pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
  • v. decree or designate beforehand
  • Verb Form
    doomed    dooming    dooms   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    destiny    fate    insure    secure    guarantee    assure    ensure    ordain   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ruin    destruction    decree    lot    sentence    destiny    condemnation    fate    judgment    penalty   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bloom    Blum    Blume    Hume    Khartoum    abloom    assume    bloom    boom    broom   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    calamity    destiny    disaster    defeat    woe    misery    disgrace    torment    punishment    desolation