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Definition of 'doom'English
Noun
Destiny, especially terrible.
* Dryden
- Homely household task shall be her doom .
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An ill fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
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A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.
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(countable|historical) A law.
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(countable|historical) A judgment or decision.
* Fairfax
- And there he learned of things and haps to come, / To give foreknowledge true, and certain doom .
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(countable|historical) A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.
* J. R. Green
- The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens.
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Death.
- They met an untimely doom when the mineshaft caved in.
* Shakespeare
- This is the day of doom for Bassianus.
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(sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or , an artistic representation of it.
Derived terms
* doom-and-gloomer, gloom-and-doomer
* doomer
* doomful
* doomless
* doomlike
* doom metal
* doomsday
* doomsayer
* doomster
* doomy
* entropic doom
* foredoom
* gloom and doom
* predoom
Related terms
* (l)
Antonyms
* (ill fate) fortune
Verb
( en-verb)
To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn.
- a criminal doomed to death
* Dryden
- Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.
* Macaulay
- A man of genius doomed to struggle with difficulties.
(obsolete) To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
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(obsolete) To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
* Shakespeare
- Have I tongue to doom my brother's death?
(archaic|US|New England) To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.
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Anagrams
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See also
* doomsday
* doomsaying
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