doomed
Noun · AdjectiveUS[doomd]/dumd/1 syllable
Open English WordNet
Adjective (4)
- marked for certain death“the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed”Opposite aliveSimilar dead
- in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell“poor damned souls”Synonyms: curseddamnedunredeemedunsavedOpposite savedSimilar lost
- marked by or promising bad fortune“their business venture was doomed from the start”“an ill-fated business venture”“an ill-starred romance”“the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons — W.H.Prescott”Synonyms: ill-fatedill-omenedill-starredunluckyOpposite fortunateSimilar unfortunate
- (usually followed by ‘to’) determined by tragic fate“doomed to unhappiness”“fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination”Synonyms: fatedOpposite uncertainSimilar certain, sure
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“doomed” is listed under Doom.
Doom transitive verb [past tense & past participle Doomed; present participle & verbal noun Dooming.]
1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. obsolete John Milton
2. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death.
Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.— John Dryden
3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
Have I tongue to doom my brother's death?— William Shakespeare
4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. New England John Pickering
5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate.
A man of genius... doomed to struggle with difficulties.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54