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doom

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of doom

1 a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard

  • the judge solemnly pronounced his doom before a hushed courtroom
Synonyms of doom

finding, holding, judgment (or judgement), ruling, sentence
Words Related to doom

inquest, verdict

authority

decree, edict, injunction, order

arbitrament, award, declaration, deliverance, dictum, pronouncement

conclusion, decision, determination, opinion, resolution

discipline, penalty, punishment

2 a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand

  • it was her doom to be haunted by the memory of that terrible day
Synonyms of doom

circumstance, destiny, fate, fortune, kismet, lot, portion
Words Related to doom

accident, casualty [archaic], chance, hap, happenchance, happenstance, hazard, luck

predestination

aftereffect, aftermath, conclusion, consequence, development, effect, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot

3 the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

  • met his doom at the hands of a rampaging rhinoceros
Synonyms of doom

curtains, death, decease, demise, dissolution, end, exit, expiration, expiry, fate, grave, great divide, passage, passing, quietus, sleep
Words Related to doom

casualty, fatality

martyrdom, self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter, suicide

annihilation, destruction, ending, extermination, ruin

assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter
Near Antonyms of doom

existence, life

creation, genesis, origination, rise
Antonyms of doom

birth, nativity

Synonym Discussion of doom

fate, destiny, lot, portion, doom mean a predetermined state or end. fate implies an inevitable and usually an adverse outcome.
    • the fate of the submarine is unknown
destiny implies something foreordained and often suggests a great or noble course or end.
    • the country's destiny to be a model of liberty to the world
lot and portion imply a distribution by fate or destiny, lot suggesting blind chance
    • it was her lot to die childless
, portion implying the apportioning of good and evil.
    • remorse was his daily portion
doom distinctly implies a grim or calamitous fate.
    • if the rebellion fails, his doom is certain

doom

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of doom

1 to determine the fate of in advance

  • the actor felt that he was doomed to be forever remembered for that one terrible performance
Synonyms of doom

destine, fate, foredoom, foreordain, ordain, predestine, predetermine, preordain
Words Related to doom

predestinate

augur, forecast, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy

preconceive, prejudge

condemn, sentence

bode, forebode (also forbode), portend

anticipate, divine, foreknow, foresee

2 to impose a judicial punishment on

  • doomed the murderer to life in prison without the possibility of parole
Synonyms of doom

condemn, damn, sentence
Words Related to doom

adjudge, judge

castigate, censure, chasten, chastise, correct, discipline, penalize, punish

conclude, decide, decree, determine, find, opine, resolve, rule
Near Antonyms of doom

pardon, reprieve

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