doom
noun /duːm/
/duːm/
[uncountable]Idioms - death or destruction; any terrible event that you cannot avoid
- to meet your doom
- She had a sense of impending doom (= felt that something very bad was going to happen).
Extra Examples- Fuel shortages spelled the doom of such huge gas-guzzling cars.
- He sealed his own doom by having an affair with another woman.
- The ordinary soldiers went to meet their doom with great bravery.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- impending
- certain
- spell
- doom and gloom
- a feeling of doom
- a sense of doom
- …
Word OriginOld English dōm ‘statute, judgement’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘to put in place’; related to do1.
Idioms
doom and gloom | gloom and doom
- a general feeling of having lost all hope, and of pessimism (= expecting things to go badly)
- Despite the obvious setbacks, it is not all doom and gloom for the England team.
- It's not all doom and gloom and there is lots to look forward to.
More Like This Rhyming pairs in idiomsRhyming pairs in idioms- doom and gloom
- fair and square
- high and dry
- huff and puff
- name and shame
- slice and dice
- thrills and spills
- wear and tear
- wheel and deal
- wine and dine
prophet of doom | doom merchant
- a person who predicts that things will go very badly
- The prophets of doom who said television would kill off the book were wrong.