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- [doom]
- /dum/
- /duːm/
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- [doom]
- /dum/
Definitions of dooming word
- noun dooming fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom. 1
- noun dooming ruin; death: to fall to one's doom. 1
- noun dooming a judgment, decision, or sentence, especially an unfavorable one: The judge pronounced the defendant's doom. 1
- noun dooming the Last Judgment, at the end of the world. 1
- noun dooming Obsolete. a statute, enactment, or legal judgment. 1
- verb with object dooming to destine, especially to an adverse fate. 1
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Origin of dooming
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 Dooming
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dooming 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.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
dooming usage trend in Literature
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verb dooming
- criticize — If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
- sentence — Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
- punish — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- denounce — If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
Antonyms for dooming
verb dooming
- compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
- laud — to praise; extol.
- praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- build up — If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
- sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
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