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

Joe and Nathan’s doomed bromance started off tense, got better over time, and worsened again once Joe found another bro to romance with. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Sep. 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

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

Visitors paid to tour the doomed vessel before it was towed upriver and set adrift toward the falls, its unwilling crew left to their fate. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 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

Verb

In some cases, House Democrats are campaigning on the bill that’s doomed in its current form, presenting a further contrast to the vast majority of Senate Democrats who want nothing to do with it. — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

On the other hand, don’t assume that everyone currently at HBO Max is safe and everyone at Paramount is doomed. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

The Aggies poor play doomed them to an 0-2 start in SEC play as the Wildcats outplayed them at home in the conference opener before the Tigers rocked them in the team’s first road game of the year. — Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026

This being England, their love is doomed by the gulf of the social divide. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Penalties, a lack of offensive execution and shaky secondary play doomed the Horned Frogs in Florida against a team using a backup quarterback. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2026

Conversely, what appeared to be an inappropriate relationship with an NFL coach might have doomed Diana Russini’s career at The Athletic, but doesn’t appear likely to exile her from the industry. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

Turnovers doomed the Wolfpack (1-2), with two fumbles and an interception in the second half that allowed MTSU to rally. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

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