DOOMED

doomed

(adjective) marked for certain death; “the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed”

doomed, fated

(adjective) (usually followed by ‘to’) determined by tragic fate; “doomed to unhappiness”; “fated to be the scene of Kennedy’s assassination”

doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky

(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott

cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved

(adjective) in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; “poor damned souls”

doomed, lost

(noun) people who are destined to die soon; “the agony of the doomed was in his voice”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Adjective

doomed (comparative more doomed, superlative most doomed)

Assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome.

Synonyms

• See doomed

Antonyms

• blessed

Verb

doomed

simple past tense and past participle of doom

Source: Wiktionary

DOOM

Doom, n. Etym: [As. d; akin to OS. d, OHG. tuom, Dan. & Sw. dom, Icel. d, Goth. d, Gr. do, v. t. Do, v. t., and cf. Deem, -dom.]

1. Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation. The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens. J. R. Green. Now against himself he sounds this doom. Shak.

2. That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty. Ere Hector meets his doom. Pope. And homely household task shall be her doom. Dryden.

3. Ruin; death. This is the day of doom for Bassianus. Shak.

4. Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision. [Obs.] And there he learned of things and haps to come, To give foreknowledge true, and certain doom. Fairfax.

Syn.

– Sentence; condemnation; decree; fate; destiny; lot; ruin; destruction.

Doom, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dooming.]

1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. [Obs.] Milton.

2. 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. Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls. Dryden.

3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine. Have I tongue to doom my brother's death Shak.

4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New England] J. Pickering.

5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate. A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with difficulties. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition