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doom

/duːm/noun, verb1 syllable

Doom means: an unpleasant or disastrous destiny.

Synonyms for doom23

noun, as in an unpleasant or disastrous destiny

doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world

verb, as in decree or designate beforehand

destine, fate, designate

verb, as in pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law

sentence, condemn

also used for doom

lot, orlay, chance, destin, destiny, fatality, foredoom, foreordination, mortality, death, tomb, celestial transfer, decease, decomposition, defunction

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What does doom mean?4

noun

1

an unpleasant or disastrous destiny“everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it”

verb

1

decree or designate beforehand“She was destined to become a great pianist”

2

pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law“He was condemned to ten years in prison”

3

make certain of the failure or destruction of“This decision will doom me to lose my position”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with doom?18

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Doom in a sentence

  • Those gloom and doom economists aren't worth their salt.Lumi_alt
  • What would driving a car be without doom metal?BraveSentry
  • This is one of the signs of weakness and the impending doom of imperialism.APagano
  • It seems to me that you only see doom and gloom.tieguy
  • Candlemass is an influential Swedish doom metal band.sabretou
  • Doom has been ported to a calculator.corvard
  • My idleness will become my doom.marcelostockle
  • Yanni's violent bursts are forecasting doom.Amastan

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Forms of doom

as a noun

plural
dooms

as a verb

past tense
doomed
present participle
dooming
third-person singular
dooms
past participle
doomed