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doomed

doom
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [doom]
    • /dum/
    • /duːmd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [doom]
    • /dum/

Definitions of doomed word

  • noun doomed fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom. 1
  • noun doomed ruin; death: to fall to one's doom. 1
  • noun doomed a judgment, decision, or sentence, especially an unfavorable one: The judge pronounced the defendant's doom. 1
  • noun doomed the Last Judgment, at the end of the world. 1
  • noun doomed Obsolete. a statute, enactment, or legal judgment. 1
  • verb with object doomed to destine, especially to an adverse fate. 1

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Origin of doomed

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 Doomed

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

doomed 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.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

doomed usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for doomed

adj doomed

  • ill-fated — destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end: an ill-fated voyage.
  • wrecked — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
  • cursed — If you are cursed with something, you are very unlucky in having it.
  • done — past participle of do1 .
  • overwhelmed — to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.

adjective doomed

  • destined — If something is destined to happen or if someone is destined to behave in a particular way, that thing seems certain to happen or be done.
  • condemned — A condemned man or woman is going to be executed.
  • hopeless — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
  • bedevilled — to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
  • unlucky — (of a person) not lucky; lacking good fortune; ill-fated.

Antonyms for doomed

adj doomed

  • intact — not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished: The vase remained intact despite rough handling.
  • protected — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
  • successful — achieving or having achieved success.
  • lucky — having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
  • blessed — If someone is blessed with a particular good quality or skill, they have that good quality or skill.

Top questions with doomed

  • those who forget history are doomed to repeat it?
  • those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it?
  • what does doomed mean?

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