doom
doom Lexical Profile
doom Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Death, destruction, or some other terrible and inescapable fate.
"A heavy sense of impending doom settled over the crew as the storm clouds gathered."
A formal judgment, judicial decision, or condemnation (now archaic or historical, especially in reference to the Last Judgment).
"In medieval churches, a large mural depicting the Last Judgment was traditionally known as a doom."
• verb
To condemn or destine someone or something to an unfortunate fate, failure, or destruction.
"A lack of adequate funding threatened to doom the research project from the very beginning."
• Rhymes for doom
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'dom', originally meaning 'law, statute, or judgment'. Over the Middle English period, particularly through associations with the Last Judgment ('Doomsday'), the sense narrowed from a neutral legal verdict to an adverse fate or ruin.