Synonyms of dooming

dooming

verb

present participle of doom

1

as in destining

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

• destining
• ordaining
• predetermining
• condemning
• predicting
• fating
• foredooming
• predestining
• presaging
• foreordaining
• foretelling
• preordaining
• forecasting
• sentencing
• prophesying
• foreseeing
• portending
• auguring
• prognosticating
• anticipating
• prejudging
• boding
• foreboding
• divining
• predestinating
• preconceiving
• foreknowing

2

as in sentencing

to impose a judicial punishment on

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sentencing
• condemning
• punishing
• damning
• penalizing
• adjudging
• decreeing
• finding
• correcting
• disciplining
• judging
• ruling
• chastising
• resolving
• determining
• opining
• castigating
• censuring
• deciding
• concluding
• chastening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pardoning
• reprieving

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dooming

The lemmings Trump has placed in positions of power would join in the ridicule, dooming such a candidate’s chances at the GOP nomination. — Colleen Kujawa, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

The implicit villain in that critique was Senator Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who refused to go along with changing the Senate rules, dooming many of Biden’s legislative ambitions. — Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

The mission to save NASA’s sinking Swift Observatory has been called off, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year. — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

The mission to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year. — CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Nuñez gave up a home run to Mike Yastrzemski in the seventh, and Austin Riley followed with one of his own, ultimately dooming the Mets. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

She’s lost Luke to Kronos, dooming them to fight on opposing sides of a war dividing the demigods. — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Is the party genuinely rebuilding itself or are progressives dooming the Dems for what could have been a midterm rout? — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 14 July 2026

This evidence is considered among the most important to both sides, potentially either dooming OpenAI as an infringer or exonerating its chatbot technology as a transformative fair use of news sites’ content. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026