— 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.