Meaning
Death or complete ruin that seems impossible to escape.
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Word origin
From Old English dom, meaning judgement or law; the meaning slid from judgement to a terrible fate.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- dom
- English cognates
- deem
Examples
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A sense of doom is the feeling that something terrible is coming.
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'Doomed' means certain to fail or be destroyed.
gloom .
'Doom and gloom' is a fixed phrase for a hopeless way of talking.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 31, lesson 1: doom, fraud, happily and 7 more words.