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- Dictionarydoomed/duːmd/
adjective
- 1. likely to have an unfortunate and inescapable outcome; ill-fated: "the moving story of their doomed love affair"
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adjective. uk / duːmd / us / duːmd / Add to word list. certain to fail, die, or be destroyed: This is a doomed city. Synonyms. fated. ill-fated. ill-starred literary. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not hopeful. be in a funk idiom. be on a hiding to nothing idiom. be on the road to nowhere idiom. bleakly. bleakness. dispiritedness.
Someone or something that is doomed is certain to fail or be destroyed. Fireman battled through the smoke in a doomed attempt to rescue the children. I used to pour time and energy into projects that were doomed from the start. Synonyms: hopeless, condemned, ill-fated, fated More Synonyms of doomed. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England; judgment, decision; especially : a judicial condemnation or sentence; judgment… See the full definition
Doomed definition: destined, or seemingly destined, especially to an adverse fate. See examples of DOOMED used in a sentence.
Doomed is a plural noun for referring to a group of unfortunate people, and it's also an adjective describing someone who's destined to die. A runaway dog that kills the animal control officer's pet chickens is doomed, and many characters in Shakespeare's tragic plays are doomed.
DOOM definition: 1. death, destruction, or any very bad situation that cannot be avoided: 2. to make someone or…. Learn more.
n. 1. Inevitable destruction or ruin: a tyrant who finally met his doom. 2. A decision or judgment, especially an official condemnation to a severe penalty. 3. Judgment Day. 4. A statute or ordinance, especially one in force in Anglo-Saxon England. tr.v. doomed, doom·ing, dooms. 1. To condemn to ruination or death. 2.
certain to fail, die, or be destroyed: This is a doomed city. Synonyms. fated. ill-fated. ill-starred literary. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not hopeful. a road to nowhere idiom. be in a funk idiom. be on a hiding to nothing idiom. be on the road to nowhere idiom. bleakly. bleakness. dispiritedly. dispiritedness. dispiritingly.
Definition of doomed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a judgment or decision. ( sometimes capital) another term for the Last Judgment. vb.
