DOOMSDAY Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

doomsday

noun

Definition of doomsday

as in disaster

the day the world ends or is destroyed a warning that doomsday is near doomsday predictions

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Recent Examples of doomsday Worries over doomsday scenarios tied to increasingly powerful technology skyrocketed last week after an Anthropic employee resigned, saying AI companies were gambling with humanity’s future. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 That’s been the question on the minds of everyone who follows tech closely, especially this week as AI doomsday anxiety broke through to the mainstream. — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026 But Sunday’s season opener, going up against a Tennessee Titans team now led by Saleh, has a more doomsday feel than usual for the Jets. — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Rather than simply predicting a doomsday plot, the main purpose of this release is to outline a pathway with the necessary steps to set things on the right track. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for doomsday

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Noun

Stagg, however, became convinced the day would be stormy – bringing swell and poor visibility that would spell disaster.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 Sep. 2026
Nepal's disaster management agency said five more bodies were located in a different location and equipment was being sent to recover them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of disaster

Noun

Sometimes a president doesn’t have to ask for the country’s attention, because catastrophe has already gathered it.

— John Dickerson, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
The catastrophe was a reminder of not only the destructiveness of Israeli bombing, but also the depth of the continuing privation in Gaza today.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of catastrophe

Noun

When Green Bay lost its 12-point lead en route to a blowout Sunday, the collapse revived alarm bells about the team’s ability to close out games.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2026
The department said eight units of an apartment building on Grace Avenue above the collapse were evacuated.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of collapse

Noun

Ditka has been losing contemporaries since July of 1964, when Willie Gallimore’s Volkswagen swerved and rolled, killing Gallimore and Bo Farrington in a training camp tragedy.

— Dan Pompei, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
For other families quietly and often despairingly living with similar problems of addiction and mental illness involving their children, the tragedy is an unnerving, looming specter — a worst-case scenario made real.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of tragedy

Noun

The crime thriller has Gray having helmed a semi-fictionalized return to his family life in mid-1980s Queens and is also a companion piece to his 2022 film Armageddon Time.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
Good Omens is the story of an angel, Aziraphale (Sheen), and a demon, Crowley (Tennant), who gradually become friends over the millennia and team up to avert Armageddon.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026

Definition of Armageddon

Noun

On the present trajectory, the US and China are hurtling toward the very calamity that Kissinger warned about.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Their images, as much as those from stationary TV cameras or professional photographers, became our window onto the calamity.

— David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026

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