Doom
[duːm] or [dʊm]
Definition
(noun.) an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; 'everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it'; 'that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world'.
(verb.) make certain of the failure or destruction of; 'This decision will doom me to lose my position'.
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Definition
(v. t.) Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.
(v. t.) That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.
(v. t.) Ruin; death.
(v. t.) Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision.
(v. t.) To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
(v. t.) To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death.
(v. t.) To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
(v. t.) To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.
(v. t.) To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Condemn, sentence, pronounce sentence on.[2]. Destine, appoint, decree.
n. [1]. Sentence, judgment, condemnation, judicial decree.[2]. Fate, destiny, lot.
Checker: Walter
Definition
n. judgment: condemnation: destiny: ruin: final judgment: a picture of the Last Judgment.—v.t. to pronounce judgment on: to sentence: to condemn:—pr.p. dōōm′ing; pa.p. dōōmed.—adjs. Doomed under sentence; Doom′ful (Spens.) full of doom ruin or destructive power.—adv. Dooms (Scot.) very exceedingly.—ns. Dooms′day the day of doom the day when the world will be judged; Dooms′day-book (see Domesday); Dooms′man one who pronounces doom or sentence a judge.—Crack of doom the signal for the final dissolution of all things the last trump.
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Examples
- They move like mechanized doom. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I think Mademoiselle Lucy will now confess that the cord and gallows are amply earned; she trembles in anticipation of her doom. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Single men have, no doubt, a right to curse themselves as much as they please; but men with wives involve two in the doom they pray down. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It's my doom, and I can't help it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- These words fell like the knell of doom-- All those top-knots must be cut off. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Her picturesque form no longer looms above the desert of the Dead Sea to remind the tourist of the doom that fell upon the lost cities. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Where Judy Trenor led, all the world would follow; and Lily had the doomed sense of the castaway who has signalled in vain to fleeing sails. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I would almost as soon believe that the cat curls the end of its tail when preparing to spring, in order to warn the doomed mouse. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Mrs. Peniston felt as if there had been a contagious illness in the house, and she was doomed to sit shivering among her contaminated furniture. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And Birkin, who, for some reason was now tired and dispirited, said to him: 'I always feel doomed when the train is running into London. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Nearer and nearer came the doomed man. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It seemed to me that I was this dayespecially doomed--the main burden and trial falling on me alone of all the female teachers. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She immediately fell into the slave-trader's fangs, and was doomed for the New Orleans market. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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