doom /doom/

1. Destiny, fate
2. Ruin
3. Catastrophe
4. Death
5. Judgement or condemnation
6. Final judgement
7. A picture of the Last Judgement

1. To condemn to destiny or catastrophe
2. To pronounce judgement on
3. To sentence

doomed adjective

1. Under sentence
2. Fated
3. Destined to inevitable death, failure or ruin

doomˈful adjective (Spenser, etc)

Dispensing judgement

dooms adverb (Scot)

Very, exceedingly

doomˈster noun

1. A judge (archaic)
2. A dempster
3. A pessimist (informal)
4. A doomwatcher (informal)

doomˈy adjective (informal)

1. Pessimistic
2. Depressed
3. Depressing

doomˈ-laden adjective

Forecasting or redolent of disaster

doomˈ-merchant noun (informal)

1. A pessimist
2. Someone continually expecting, and forecasting, disaster

doomˈsayer noun

doomˈsaying noun

doomsˈday noun

1. The day of doom, the last judgement
2. A day of reckoning

Doomsday book see Domesday book

doomsday clock noun

A notional clock indicating the imminence of catastrophe in terms of minutes left before midnight

doomsˈman noun (archaic)

1. Someone who pronounces doom or sentence, a judge
2. A pessimist (informal)

doomˈwatch noun

1. Pessimism about the contemporary situation and about the future, esp of the environment
2. Observation of the environment to prevent its destruction by pollution, over-population, etc
3. A generally pessimistic view of the future

To make pessimistic observations

doomˈwatcher noun

doomˈwatching noun

crack of doom

The last trump

till doomsday

Forever

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