doomed

UK: /ˈduːmd/

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doom /dum/   n. [uncountable]

1. fate or destiny, esp. bad or adverse fate.
2. ruin or death:
   facing doom and destruction.

v. [~ + object* usually: be + ~-ed]

3. to make sure that something will happen, esp. a bad fate;
   cause to fail:
   We are doomed to make the same mistakes in the future.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

doom  (do̅o̅m), n. 

1. fate or destiny, esp. adverse fate;
   unavoidable ill fortune:
   In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
2. ruin;
   death:
   to fall to one's doom.
3. a judgment, decision, or sentence, esp. an unfavorable one:
   The judge pronounced the defendant's doom.
4. Religion the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.
5. [Obs.] a statute, enactment, or legal judgment.

v.t. 

6. to destine, esp. to an adverse fate.
7. to pronounce judgment against;
   condemn.
8. to ordain or fix as a sentence or fate.

• bef. 900; Middle English dome, dōm, Old English dōm judgment, law; cognate with Old Norse dōmr, Gothic dōms; compare Sanskrit dhá̄man, Greek thémis law; see do¹, deem

doom′y, adj. 
Synonyms

• 1. See fate. 
• 3. condemnation.
• 6. predestine.

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doom / duːm/ noun

1. death or a terrible fate
2. a judgment or decision
3. (sometimes capital)
   another term for the Last Judgment

verb

1. (transitive) to destine or condemn to death or a terrible fate

Etymology: Old English dōm; related to Old Norse dōmr judgment, Gothic dōms sentence, Old High German tuom condition, Greek thomos crowd, Sanskrit dhāman custom; see do¹, deem, deed, -dom