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Doom Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Doom? [n] an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it" [v] decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" [v] pronounce a sentence on, in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Doom: condemn \| day of reckoning \| designate \| destine \| doomsday \| fate \| sentence Related Terms \| Find terms related to Doom: abuse \| act on \| action \| afflict \| aggrieve \| anathematize \| anathematizing \| annihilation \| apodosis \| appoint \| appointed lot \| astral influences \| astrology \| attaint \| award \| bane \| befoul \| bewitch \| biological death \| blacklist \| blight \| book of fate \| bring home to \| calamity \| cast into hell \| cataclysm \| catastrophe \| ceasing \| censure \| cessation \| cessation of life \| circumstance \| clinical death \| coda \| conclusion \| condemn \| condemn to hell \| condemnation \| consideration \| consign to hell \| constellation \| consummation \| convict \| conviction \| corrupt \| crack of doom \| crossing the bar \| crucify \| culmination \| cup \| curse \| curtain \| curtains \| damage \| damn \| damnation \| day of doom \| Day of Judgment \| death \| death knell \| death sentence \| death warrant \| deathblow \| debt of nature \| decease \| decision \| decree \| defile \| deliverance \| demise \| denouement \| denounce \| denouncement \| denunciate \| denunciation \| departure \| deprave \| despoil \| destinate \| destination \| destine \| destiny \| destroy \| destruction \| determination \| devote \| diagnosis \| dictum \| dies funestis \| disadvantage \| disaster \| disserve \| dissolution \| distress \| do a mischief \| do evil \| do ill \| do wrong \| do wrong by \| doom to perdition \| doomsday \| downfall \| dying \| ebb of life \| effect \| end \| end of life \| end point \| ending \| envenom \| envoi \| epilogue \| eschatology \| eternal rest \| excommunicate \| excommunication \| exit \| expiration \| extinction \| extinguishment \| fatality \| fate \| final solution \| final summons \| final twitch \| final words \| finale \| finality \| find \| find against \| find for \| find guilty \| finding \| finger of death \| finis \| finish \| foredoom \| fortune \| Friday \| Friday the thirteenth \| future \| get into trouble \| goal \| going \| going off \| grave \| guilty verdict \| hand of death \| harass \| harm \| hex \| hurt \| ides of March \| impair \| inevitability \| infect \| injure \| izzard \| jaws of death \| jinx \| judgment \| Judgment Day \| karma \| kismet \| knell \| last \| last breath \| last days \| last debt \| last gasp \| last muster \| last rest \| last roundup \| last sleep \| last things \| last trumpet \| last words \| latter end \| leaving life \| loss of life \| lot \| making an end \| maltreat \| mark \| menace \| mistreat \| moira \| molest \| omega \| ordain \| order \| outrage \| parting \| pass judgment \| pass sentence \| pass sentence on \| passing \| passing away \| passing over \| payoff \| penalize \| period \| perishing \| peroration \| persecute \| planets \| play havoc with \| play hob with \| poison \| pollute \| portion \| precedent \| prejudice \| prognosis \| pronounce \| pronounce judgment \| pronounce on \| pronounce sentence \| pronouncement \| proscribe \| proscription \| quietus \| rap \| release \| report \| resolution \| rest \| resting place \| return a verdict \| reward \| ruin \| rule \| ruling \| savage \| scathe \| sentence \| sentence of death \| shades of death \| shadow of death \| sleep \| somatic death \| stars \| stoppage \| stopping place \| summons of death \| swan song \| taint \| term \| terminal \| termination \| terminus \| the Judgment \| threaten \| torment \| torture \| tragedy \| trump of doom \| unlucky day \| utter a judgment \| verdict \| verdict of guilty \| violate \| weird \| wheel of fortune \| will of Heaven \| windup \| wound \| wreak havoc on \| wrong \| Z See Also \| convict \| court-martial \| declare \| destiny \| fate \| foredoom \| ordain \| reprobate Doom In Webster's Dictionary \Doom\, n. [As. d?m; akin to OS. d?m, OHG. tuom, Dan. & Sw. dom, Icel. d?mr, Goth. d?ms, 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. --J. R. Green. Now against himself he sounds this doom. --Shak. 2. That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty. Ere Hector meets his doom. --Pope. And homely household task shall be her doom. --Dryden. 3. Ruin; death. This is the day of doom for Bassianus. --Shak. 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. --Fairfax. Syn: Sentence; condemnation; decree; fate; destiny; lot; ruin; destruction. \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. --Dryden. 3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine. Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? --Shak. 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. --Macaulay.

Doom Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Doom?

[n] an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"
[v] decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"
[v] pronounce a sentence on, in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"

Doom In Webster's Dictionary

\Doom\, n. [As. d?m; akin to OS. d?m, OHG. tuom, Dan. & Sw.
dom, Icel. d?mr, Goth. d?ms, 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. --J.
                                               R. Green.

         Now against himself he sounds this doom. --Shak.

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

         Ere Hector meets his doom.            --Pope.

         And homely household task shall be her doom.
                                               --Dryden.

3. Ruin; death.

         This is the day of doom for Bassianus. --Shak.

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.
                                               --Fairfax.

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


\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.
                                               --Dryden.

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

         Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? --Shak.

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.                         --Macaulay.

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