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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives;
[syn: Judgment Day, Judgement Day, Day of Judgment, Day of Judgement, Doomsday, Last Judgment, Last Judgement, Last Day, eschaton, day of reckoning, doomsday, crack of doom, end of the world]

2. an unpleasant or disastrous destiny;
- Example: "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"
- Example: "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world"
[syn: doom, doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Doomsday \Dooms"day`\, n. [AS. d?mes d[=a]g. See Doom, and Day.] 1. A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. "My body's doomsday." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. The day of the final judgment. [1913 Webster] I could not tell till doomsday. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Doomsday Book. See Domesday Book. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Doomsday n 1: (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives [syn: Judgment Day, Judgement Day, Day of Judgment, Day of Judgement, Doomsday, Last Judgment, Last Judgement, Last Day, eschaton, day of reckoning, doomsday, crack of doom, end of the world] 2: an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world" [syn: doom, doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world]