DOOM


Meaning of DOOM in English

— doomy , adj.

/doohm/ , n.

1. fate or destiny, esp. adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.

2. ruin; death: to fall to one's doom.

3. a judgment, decision, or sentence, esp. an unfavorable one: The judge pronounced the defendant's doom.

4. the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.

5. Obs. a statute, enactment, or legal judgment.

v.t.

6. to destine, esp. to an adverse fate.

7. to pronounce judgment against; condemn.

8. to ordain or fix as a sentence or fate.

[ bef. 900; ME dome, dom, OE dom judgment, law; c. ON domr, Goth doms; cf. Skt dháman, Gk thémis law; see DO 1 , DEEM ]

Syn. 1. See fate. 3. condemnation. 6. predestine.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .