doom

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From Old English dōm (judgement)

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Singular
doom

Plural
dooms

doom (plural dooms)

  1. An impending severe problem that seems inevitable.
  2. A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.
  3. A death, fate or end.
    They met an untimely doom when the mine shaft caved in.
  4. A medieval church painting of the Last Judgement

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Infinitive
to doom

Third person singular
dooms

Simple past
doomed

Past participle
doomed

Present participle
dooming

to doom (third-person singular simple present dooms, present participle dooming, simple past and past participle doomed)

  1. To condemn to a terrible fate or outcome

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