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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
doom \doom\, v. t. imp. p. p. doomed; p. pr. vb. n.
dooming.
1. to judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. obs.
--milton.
1913 webster
2. to pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to
consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a
criminal doomed to chains or death.
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absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
--dryden.
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3. to ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
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have i tongue to doom my brother's death? --shak.
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4. to assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. new
england --j. pickering.
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5. to destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to
appoint, as by decree or by fate.
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a man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with
difficulties. --macaulay.
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see also:
doomed dooming
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
doomed
adj 1: marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old
sailor he was doomed"
2: in danger of the eternal punishment of hell; "poor damned
souls" syn: cursed, damned, unredeemed, unsaved
3: marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture
was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business
venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner
was again put in irons"- w.h.prescott syn: ill-fated, ill-omened,
ill-starred, unlucky
4: usually followed by `to' determined by tragic fate;
"doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of
kennedy's assassination" syn: fated
n : people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the
doomed was in his voice" syn: lost
see also:
cursed damned unredeemed unsaved ill-fated ill-omened
ill-starred unlucky fated lost
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
26 moby thesaurus words for "doomed":
accursed, appointed, bewitched, condemned, cursed, damned,
destined, devoted, fatal, fated, fateful, foredoomed, foreordained,
futile, ill-fated, in store, in the cards, inevitable, lost,
luckless, marked, ordained, predestined, star-crossed, vain,
written
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