DOOMSDAY

doom, doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world

(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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

doomsday (countable and uncountable, plural doomsdays)

The day when God is expected to judge the world; end times.

judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.

Synonyms

• apocalypse

• Armageddon

• end times

• Final Judgment

• judgement day

Adjective

doomsday (not comparable)

Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.

Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.

Capable of causing widespread or total destruction.

Source: Wiktionary


Dooms"day`, n. Etym: [AS. d. See Doom, and Day.]

1. A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. "My body's doomsday." Shak.

2. The day of the final judgment. I could not tell till doomsday. Chaucer. Doomsday Book. See Domesday Book.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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