doom

n.

1. Inevitable destruction or ruin.
2. Fate, especially a tragic or ruinous one.
3. A decision or judgment, especially an official condemnation to a severe penalty.
4. Judgment Day.
5. A statute or ordinance, especially one in force in Anglo-Saxon England.

tr.v., doomed, doom·ing, dooms.

1. To condemn to ruination or death. See synonyms at condemn.
2. To destine to an unhappy end.

[Middle English dom, from Old English dōm, judgment.]

noun

A predestined tragic end: fate. See certain/uncertain, live/die, luck/misfortune/chance, start/end.

verb

1. To pronounce judgment against: condemn, damn, sentence. See law.
2. To predestine to a tragic end: fate, foredoom. See certain/uncertain, luck/misfortune/chance, live/die, start/end.

n

Definition: fate
Antonyms: design, plan

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Pictorial representation of the Last Judgement in the Middle Ages. In a church it often took the form of a mural painting over the chancel-arch, with Christ in the middle, Hell and the damned on His left (the south or right when seen from the nave), and the Blessed on the left (north). It was also a subject for stained-glass windows: a spectacular glass Doom survives in St Mary's Church, Fairford, Glos. (late C15 and early C16).

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• E. Duffy (1992)

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

An archaic term for a court's judg- ment.

Today, some criminal sentences still end with the phrase " … which is pronounced for doom."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - undergang, død, lov, vedtægt, dommedag, krank skæbne, dom, fordømmelse
v. tr. - dømme, fordømme, dødsdømme

Nederlands (Dutch)
ondergang, noodlot, laatste oordeel, veroordelen, ten ondergang doemen

Français (French)
n. - perte, destin, sort, ruine
v. tr. - condamner à, destiner à

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schicksal, Verhängnis, Untergang, (Eccl.) Jüngstes Gericht
v. - verurteilen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καταδίκη, χαμός, αφανισμός, θάνατος, καταστροφή
v. - (προ)καταδικάζω, προβλέπω κακό τέλος, καταβαραθρώνω (κν. χαντακώνω)

Italiano (Italian)
perdizione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - julgamento (m), lei (f)
v. - sentenciar, decretar

Русский (Russian)
гибель, злой рок

Español (Spanish)
n. - muerte, perdición, destino, juicio final
v. tr. - morir, condenar, predestinar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - öde, undergång, dödsdom
v. - döma, förutbestämma

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
厄运, 死亡, 毁灭, 判决, 定罪, 末日审判, 世界末日, 命中注定, 宣告

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 厄運, 死亡, 毀滅, 判決, 定罪, 末日審判, 世界末日
v. tr. - 命中注定, 宣告

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 운명, 최후의 심판
v. tr. - 운명을 정하다, 선고하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 運命, 破滅, 死, 最後の審判, 判決
v. - 運命づける, 運命を定める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) موت, خراب, أي قدر فظيع (فعل) يسبب لشخص أو شئ موت أو خراب أو فشل محتم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גורל מר, אבדון, מוות‬
v. tr. - ‮גזר על, חרץ דין‬

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