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Definitions for Doom

[1] fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
[2] ruin; death: to fall to one's doom.
[3] a judgment, decision, or sentence, especially an unfavorable one: The judge pronounced the defendant's doom.
[4] the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.
[5] Obsolete . a statute, enactment, or legal judgment.
[6] to destine, especially to an adverse fate.
[7] to pronounce judgment against; condemn.
[8] to ordain or fix as a sentence or fate.
[9] death or a terrible fate
[10] a judgment or decision
[11] (sometimes capital) another term for the Last Judgment
[12] (tr) to destine or condemn to death or a terrible fate

Words related to Doom

calamity, downfall, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, sentence, decree, death, end, destiny, ruin, destination, kismet, lot, predestination, circumstance, condemnation, judgment, tragedy, destruction

Words nearby Doom

doolally, doolan, doolie, doolittle, dooly, doom, doom and gloom, doom palm, doom-laden, doomful, dooms

Origin of Doom

before 900; Middle English dome, dōm, Old English dōm judgment, law; cognate with Old Norse dōmr, Gothic dōms; compare Sanskrit dhā́man, Greek thémis law; see do1, deem

Other words from Doom

doom·y , adjective
pre·doom , verb (used with object)
self-doomed , adjective

Word origin for Doom

Old English dōm; related to Old Norse dōmr judgment, Gothic dōms sentence, Old High German tuom condition, Greek thomos crowd, Sanskrit dhāman custom; see do 1 , deem , deed , -dom

Synonyms for Doom

calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, downfall, annihilation, circumstance, conclusion, condemnation, death, decree, destination, destiny, destruction, end, foreordination, fortune, judgment, karma, kismet, lot, opinion, portion, predestination, predetermination, ruin, sentence, tragedy, verdict, Judgment Day, Moira, fixed future, handwriting on wall, lap of the gods, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles