Definitions for DOOMdum

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

doomdum(n.)

  1. fate or destiny, esp. adverse fate.

  2. ruin or death.

  3. the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.

    Category: Religion

  4. (v.t.)to destine, esp. to an adverse fate.

  5. to condemn to death.

  6. to ensure the failure of.

Origin of doom:

bef. 900; OE dōm judgment, law; c. OHG tuom, ON dōmr; cf. Skt dhaman, Gk thémis law; akin to do1, deem

Princeton's WordNet

  1. doom, doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world(verb)

    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"

  2. destine, fate, doom, designate(verb)

    decree or designate beforehand

    "She was destined to become a great pianist"

  3. sentence, condemn, doom(verb)

    pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law

    "He was condemned to ten years in prison"

  4. doom(verb)

    make certain of the failure or destruction of

    "This decision will doom me to lose my position"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. doom(noun)dum

    complete failure, disaster or death

    a story of doom

  2. doomdum

    the feeling that everything is bad and will continue that way

    She's all doom and gloom today.

Wiktionary

  1. doom(Noun)

    A law.

  2. doom(Noun)

    A judgment or decision

  3. doom(Noun)

    A sentence or penalty for an illegality or type of illegality.

  4. doom(Noun)

    Death; an adverse or terrible fate, end.

    They met an untimely doom when the mine shaft caved in.

  5. doom(Noun)

    Destiny, especially adverse.

  6. doom(Noun)

    An impending severe problem or danger that seems inevitable.

  7. doom(Noun)

    A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.

  8. doom(Noun)

    The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation of it.

  9. doom(Verb)

    To condemn to a terrible fate or outcome

  10. Doom(ProperNoun)

    A popular first-person shooter video game, often regarded as the father of the genre.

  11. Origin: From dom, cognate with dómr, Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian "dom"

Webster Dictionary

  1. Doom(verb)

    judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation

  2. Doom(verb)

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

  3. Doom(verb)

    ruin; death

  4. Doom(verb)

    discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision

  5. Doom(verb)

    to judge; to estimate or determine as a judge

  6. Doom(verb)

    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

  7. Doom(verb)

    to ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine

  8. Doom(verb)

    to assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion

  9. Doom(verb)

    to destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate


Translations for DOOM

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

doom(noun)

fate, especially something terrible and final which is about to happen (to one)

The whole place had an atmosphere of doom; His doom was inevitable.

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