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- [doom]
- /dum/
- /duːm/
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- [doom]
- /dum/
Definitions of doom word
- noun doom fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom. 1
- noun doom ruin; death: to fall to one's doom. 1
- noun doom a judgment, decision, or sentence, especially an unfavorable one: The judge pronounced the defendant's doom. 1
- noun doom the Last Judgment, at the end of the world. 1
- noun doom Obsolete. a statute, enactment, or legal judgment. 1
- verb with object doom to destine, especially to an adverse fate. 1
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Origin of doom
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English dome, dōm, Old English dōm judgment, law; cognate with Old Norse dōmr, Gothic dōms; compare Sanskrit dhā́man, Greek thémis law; see do1, deem
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Parts of speech for Doom
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
doom popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
doom usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for doom
noun doom
- calamity — A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
- downfall — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
- cataclysm — A cataclysm is an event that causes great change or harm.
- catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
verb doom
- predestine — to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine: He seemed predestined for the ministry.
- foredoom — to doom beforehand; destine.
- inescapable — incapable of being escaped, ignored, or avoided; ineluctable: inescapable responsibilities.
- take the fall — to be blamed, punished, or imprisoned
- prearrange — to arrange in advance or beforehand.
Antonyms for doom
noun doom
- boon — You can describe something as a boon when it makes life better or easier for someone.
- good luck — good fortune
- happiness — the quality or state of being happy.
- success — the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
- miracle — an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
verb doom
- wink at — to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
- disculpate — (transitive) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate.
- let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- acquit — If someone is acquitted of a crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime.
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