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- DictionaryDoom/do͞om/
noun
- 1. death, destruction, or some other terrible fate: "the aircraft was sent crashing to its doom in the water"
verb
- 1. condemn to certain destruction or death: "fuel was spilling out of the damaged wing and the aircraft was doomed"
a person who predicts that things will go very badly. The prophets of doom who said television would kill off the book were wrong. Definition of doom noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of doom – Learner’s Dictionary. doom. noun [ U ] uk / duːm / us. Add to word list. death, destruction, and other unpleasant events that cannot be avoided: a horrible sense of doom. doom and gloom. unhappiness and feeling no hope for the future: Life's not all doom and gloom, you know.
Define doom. doom synonyms, doom pronunciation, doom translation, English dictionary definition of doom. n. 1. Inevitable destruction or ruin: a tyrant who finally met his doom. 2. A decision or judgment, especially an official condemnation to a severe penalty....
Check pronunciation: doom. Definition of doom verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of doom noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun [ U ] uk/duːm/us. Add to word listAdd to word list. death, destruction, and other unpleasant events that cannot be avoided: a horrible sense of doom. doom and gloom. unhappiness and feeling no hope for the future: Life's not all doom and gloom, you know. (Definition of doom from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
1. : very bad events or situations that cannot be avoided. The sailors had a sense/feeling of (impending) doom as the storm approached. [=they sensed or felt that something very bad was going to happen] The prophets of doom [=people who predict that bad things will happen] say that the Internet will kill off print newspapers.
