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doom.

Destiny, especially terrible.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/duːm/

  1. Destiny, especially terrible.

    countable · uncountable

  2. An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.

    countable · uncountable

  3. Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.

    countable · uncountable

  4. A law.

    countable · obsolete

  5. A judgment or decision.

    countable · obsolete

  6. A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.

    countable · obsolete

  7. Death.

    countable · uncountable
    They met an untimely doom when the mineshaft caved in.

  8. The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.

    capitalized · countable · sometimes · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English doom, dom, from Old English dōm (“judgement”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōm, from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos. Cognates Compare Dutch doem (“condemnation, doom; judgement”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish dom (“judgement”), Faroese and Icelandic dómur (“judgement”), Gothic 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐍃 (dōms, “insight, judgement”); also Ancient Greek θωμός (thōmós, “heap”), Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian ду́ма (dúma, “thought”), Polish duma (“pride”). Doublet of duma. See also deem.

verb/duːm/

  1. To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.

    transitive
    a criminal doomed to death

  2. To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.

  3. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.

    obsolete

  4. To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.

    obsolete

  5. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.

    New-England · archaic

  6. To be extremely pessimistic about something.

    Internet · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English doom, dom, from Old English dōm (“judgement”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōm, from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos. Cognates Compare Dutch doem (“condemnation, doom; judgement”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish dom (“judgement”), Faroese and Icelandic dómur (“judgement”), Gothic 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐍃 (dōms, “insight, judgement”); also Ancient Greek θωμός (thōmós, “heap”), Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian ду́ма (dúma, “thought”), Polish duma (“pride”). Doublet of duma. See also deem.

phrase/duːm/

  1. Initialism of didn't organize, only moved; used in compounds designating a miscellaneous collection of items which one has failed to properly organize.

    Internet · abbreviation · alt-of · initialism
    I tried to organize my stuff but just ended up making a big doom pile.
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