Complete Definition of "doom"

see|Doom|dom|Dom|DOM|-dom

English

Etymology
From Old English dom|d�m �judgement�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /du:m/
audio|en-us-doom.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�m|-u�m

Noun
en-noun

#An impending severe problem that seems inevitable.
#A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.
#A death, fate or end.
#:They met an untimely doom when the mine shaft caved in.
#A medieval church painting of the Last Judgement

Translations
Czech: osud m
Finnish: tuho (1,3), kadotus (2)
German: drohendes Unheil n (2)
Polish: zag�ada

Verb
doom

#To cause something to become doomed; to condemn to a terrible fate or outcome

Translations
Czech: odsoudit
Finnish: tuomita (1)

Anagrams
mood

See also
doomsday
doomsaying

Category:Death

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