'Doomed' definitions:
Definition of 'doomed'
From: WordNet
adjective
Marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed"
adjective
In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls" [syn: cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved]
adjective
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 [syn: doomed, ill-fated, ill- omened, ill-starred, unlucky]
adjective
(usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination" [syn: doomed, fated]
noun
People who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice" [syn: doomed, lost]
Definition of 'Doomed'
From: GCIDE
- Doom \Doom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dooming.]
- 1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death. [1913 Webster]
- Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine. [1913 Webster]
- Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New England] --J. Pickering. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate. [1913 Webster]
- A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with difficulties. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'doomed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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