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

2 of 2

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

Lula, an 81-year-old incumbent and a fixture of Brazil’s left for decades, looked doomed. — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026

This housing raid would put roughly 150,000 homes under the government’s control — about seven percent of Berlin’s housing supply — in what would no doubt be a doomed effort to curb rising rents. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026

Skerritt originally turned down the role as Captain Dallas of the doomed spacecraft Nostromo in Alien (1979) after fearing that the film’s budget would be consumed by special effects. — Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

The unfortunate crew of the doomed vessel were likely sailing to the west when disaster struck, the researchers wrote in a study about the wreck that was published earlier this year. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026

If Sid weren’t on the blocks as a doomed trading piece, then Flyte would have a case as the person most egregiously wronged by Taverner’s mistakes. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

Meyer was the leading rusher for Waxahachie with nine carries for 85 yards, most of which came on scrambles on doomed pass plays. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2026

The Navatek Method Before Kao’s doomed reign as CEO, Navatek was a sleepy Hawaiian engineering company with a few dozen employees. — William Turton, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2026

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

Verb

Those are the type of numbers that doomed the Sixers for most of the last 10 years. — CBS News, 31 Oct. 2026

And writer Faran Krentcil digs through her dating and designer past to find out whether a partner’s dislike of your fashion sense means the relationship is doomed from the start. — InStyle, 24 Oct. 2026

Those feelings shift and change with age, trending from excitement to doomed from the age range of 10-13 to 19-24. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026

Some Republican groups have stopped spending in Kean’s race because his race is widely seen as doomed to defeat amid a looming Democratic blue wave. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Following a decade-long saga of delays, name changes, and Atari having to assure backers of a crowdfunding campaign that its retro console wasn’t doomed, the Atari VCS platform is being retired early next year. — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2026

But the editorial process was painfully slow, and the business model was doomed by the dot-com crash. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026

But like many fascinating reality-TV subjects of the early 2000s, the family was eventually doomed to years of public estrangement, disagreements, and tension spilling offscreens. — Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026

After the basement flooded circa 2002, Wysocki says, the house was doomed. — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026