doom

[Doom]

Doom is death, destruction, the end of the world, the big goodbye. It can also be a verb if a man twirling a mustache ties you to the railroad tracks, he dooms you to certain death!

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Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.

Noun
an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that''s unfortunate but it isn''t the end of the world"

Verb
decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"

Verb
make certain of the failure or destruction of; "This decision will doom me to lose my position"

Verb
pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"

v. t.
Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.

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

v. t.
Ruin; death.

v. t.
Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision.

v. t.
To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.

v. t.
To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death.

v. t.
To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.

v. t.
To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.

v. t.
To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate.

Doom

Doom , n. [As. dm; akin to OS. dm, OHG. tuom, Dan. & Sw. dom, Icel. dmr, Goth. dms, Gr. law; fr. the root of E. do, v. t. . See Do, v. t., and cf. Deem, -dom.] 1. Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.

The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens.

Now against himself he sounds this doom.

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

Ere Hector meets his doom.

And homely household task shall be her doom.

3. Ruin; death.

This is the day of doom for Bassianus.

4. Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision. [Obs.]

And there he learned of things and haps to come, To give foreknowledge true, and certain doom.

Syn. -- Sentence; condemnation; decree; fate; destiny; lot; ruin; destruction.

Doom

Doom, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doomed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dooming.] 1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. [Obs.] Milton. 2. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death.

Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.

3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.

Have I tongue to doom my brother's death?

4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New England] J. Pickering. 5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate.

A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with difficulties.

Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.

To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.

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Usage Examples

Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.

And I like the look on people's faces when I say I'm doing this movie called Pride and Prejudice and they kind of smile, and then I say I'm in a movie called Doom and they kind of do a double take and try and put the two things together. And they never quite manage to.