Meaning of DOOMED
Pronunciation: | | d'oomd
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- [n] people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice"
- [adj] marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed"
- [adj] (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination"
- [adj] 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
- [adj] (Christianity) in danger of the eternal punishment of hell; "poor damned souls"
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| Synonyms: | | certain, cursed, damned, dead, fated, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, lost, lost, sure, unfortunate, unlucky, unredeemed, unsaved |
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| Related Terms: | | accursed, appointed, bewitched, condemned, cursed, damned, destined, devoted, fatal, fated, fateful, foredoomed, foreordained, futile, ill-fated, in store, in the cards, inevitable, lost, luckless, marked, ordained, predestined, star-crossed, vain, written |
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