Synonyms of doomed

doomed 1 of 2

adjective

as in done

facing certain defeat, disaster, or death

at that point it was obvious to all that the astronauts were doomed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• done
• ruined
• sunk
• finished
• endangered
• dead
• done for
• kaput
• imperiled

doomed

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verb

past tense of doom

1

as in destined

to determine the fate of in advance

the actor felt that he was doomed to be forever remembered for that one terrible performance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destined
• ordained
• fated
• foredoomed
• predestined
• predetermined
• preordained
• foreordained
• condemned
• predicted
• sentenced
• prophesied
• foretold
• presaged
• forecast
• augured
• prejudged
• anticipated
• portended
• predestinated
• prognosticated
• foresaw
• boded
• divined
• preconceived
• foreboded
• foreknew

2

as in sentenced

to impose a judicial punishment on

doomed the murderer to life in prison without the possibility of parole

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sentenced
• condemned
• damned
• punished
• adjudged
• penalized
• found
• judged
• decreed
• disciplined
• ruled
• corrected
• determined
• resolved
• chastened
• chastised
• opined
• decided
• concluded
• censured
• castigated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pardoned
• reprieved

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of doomed

Adjective

The track — a folk-pop-infused rumination about a doomed relationship — was nominated for a Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 1998 Grammy Awards. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026

Groff played Melchior, a radical thinker who has a tragic and doomed affair with Michele’s Wendla. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

Their accomplices — played by Garret Dillahunt and Danielle Macdonald, among others — are mostly figures of fun, granted limited personality and motivation, as the film increasingly stages their doomed venture as ragged farce. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

Bass beat Caruso by nearly 10 percentage points in the 2022 election, even after Caruso spent more than $100 million of his own fortune on his doomed campaign. — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

They were commissioned by Life magazine to photograph the doomed town and surrounding valley. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Once the film was released, critics widely praised Page’s searing performance as the doomed Greek soldier Sinon, and even some of Page’s detractors online were won over by his work. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

Nor are our efforts to hire better doomed, even though the odds are stacked against us. — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Shortly after meeting with Evan and Caitlin Chambers, Jaybush tracked down the Taft Avenue developer, who agreed to sell one of the doomed Craftsman homes for a dollar. — Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026

Verb

If courts don’t clarify that AI firms must license news content, both news publishers and AI firms could be doomed, news plaintiffs argued. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2026

A couple of daggers to the heart doomed both the Ravens and the Bills last winter. — Mike Jones, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

As if being ripped nationwide for his travel plans wasn’t painful enough, McVay will also be skewered for a baffling decision on a third-quarter play that could have rescued the Rams but instead doomed them. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

But a design flaw in the parachute system, and a fairly basic one at that, doomed the Genesis spacecraft. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Trailing by 20 points in the third quarter, the Carroll Dragons (1-1) were doomed by the Panthers’ stout defense that claimed five takeaways. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026

By learning of the existence of an advanced ape race, have the humans doomed themselves to the fate Cornelius and Zira attempted to avoid? — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026

Catherine didn’t really kill Isabel; the system that doomed her to a life of horrors did. — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026

While a tree covered in ivy isn’t necessarily doomed, dense ivy can weaken a tree and cover up existing conditions. — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 30 Aug. 2026