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Definitions for Dooms

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

Words related to Dooms

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

Words nearby Dooms

doom, doom and gloom, doom palm, doom-laden, doomful, dooms, doomsayer, doomsday, doomsday book, doomsdayer, doomsman

Origin of Dooms

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 Dooms

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

Word origin for Dooms

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 Dooms

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