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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