doom
Destiny, especially terribleDestiny, especially terrible.
» We are doomed.
Wir sind verloren.
Мы обречены.
Ми приречені.
Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)Destiny, especially terrible.
Schicksal, Verhängnis, Verderben
рокrok, судьба́sudʹbá, фа́тумfátum
доляdolja, приреченістьpryrečenistʹ, доляdolja
an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
(countable, uncountable)An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
(countable, uncountable)Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.
drohendes Unheil
предчу́вствиеpredčúvstvije
(countable, uncountable)Death.
They met an untimely doom when the mineshaft caved in.
Untergang, Tod
смертьsmertʹ, ги́бельgíbelʹ, кончи́наkončína
смертьsmertʹ, загибельzahybelʹ
(capitalized, countable, sometimes, uncountable)The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
(countable, obsolete)A law.
Bann
Стра́шный судStrášnyj sud, судsud, зако́нzakón
(countable, obsolete)A judgment or decision.
Urteil, Verbannung
пригово́рprigovór, реше́ниеrešénije, декре́тdekrét
(countable, obsolete)A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.
Urteil, Strafe
пригово́рprigovór
Examples
85 sentencesWe are doomed.
Ми приречені. — deniko
ruМы обречены. — marafon
deWir sind verloren. — Vortarulo
Tom ran back to his doom.
Tom was doomed.
You're all doomed.
ruВы все обречены. — Wezel
The enterprise was doomed to failure.
ruПредприятие было обречено на провал. — kukla
deDas Unternehmen war zum Scheitern verurteilt. — JWeighardt
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 6
By meaning 6
Origin
From Middle English doom, dom, from Old English dōm (“judgement”), from Proto-West GermaniFrom Middle English doom, dom, from Old English dōm (“judgement”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōm, from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos.
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Forms
plural: doomsSynonyms
47 synonyms- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny:doomsdayday of reckoningend of the world
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
38 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable