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Recent Examples of doomy On the one hand, the music nestled alongside the doomy Goth rock of the Cure and Siouxie and the Banshees. David Chiu, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 The book is narrated by a woman left to raise Renata, the dull and doomy teen-age daughter of a philandering husband who has abandoned them. Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024 On the one hand, the music nestled alongside the doomy Goth rock of the Cure and Siouxie and the Banshees. David Chiu, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 The book is narrated by a woman left to raise Renata, the dull and doomy teen-age daughter of a philandering husband who has abandoned them. Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024 James joined local band Death, adding free-ranging alto sax solos to its doomy sound derived from the Stooges and the Velvet Underground. Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2024 The song begins with a jangly blues guitar lick before kicking into a doomy metal riff that sounds custom built for Osbourne’s voice. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024 There were doomy, crashing chords, relentless drumming, a pounding keyboard, and some vigorous tambourine. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024 An ancient fear of pirates, especially, in the glassless porthole windows (small, to attract less attention) that seem like vigilant, doomy eyes. Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doomy
Adjective
  • If the sky turns ominous and thunder can be heard, find a secure place for shelter.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 16 Aug. 2025
  • After an ominous July jobs report – which also showed that hiring was much weaker than originally reported in May and June – the central bank was widely expected to cut interest rates at its meeting next month in a bid to recharge hiring.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • For The Fin, his team worked to make the dim light extra grainy, giving it a particularly sinister quality.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
  • This turns out to be another name for Galactus, a surprisingly scary Marvel villain played with sinister sincerity by Ralph Ineson.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 July 2025
Adjective
  • The menacing attacker — described as 6′ to 6’2″ and wearing a black t-shirt, blue pants and tan shoes — took off north on Madison Ave.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The previous version of the immersive attraction brought guests face to face with the terrifying flickering TV screen, the menacing beast from beyond, and the pool filled with floating corpses.
    Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Doomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doomy. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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