doom

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English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA /duːm/

Noun

doom noun

Destiny, especially terrible.
An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.
A law.

Verb

doom verb

To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn.“a criminal doomed to death”
To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.
To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.

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Synonyms

condemn doomsday day of reckoning fate destine sentence designate misery damned plight cursed woe pessimism sadness curse sad

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Associated

gloom quake stoner loki sludge magneto fantastic patrol metal hulk mister lex

Rhymes

plume presume loom exhume boom room assume fume tomb gloom

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