Doom (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
  2. ruin; death: to fall to one's doom.
  3. a judgment, decision, or sentence, especially an unfavorable one: The judge pronounced the defendant's doom.
  4. the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.
  5. a statute, enactment, or legal judgment.
verb (used with object)
  1. to destine, especially to an adverse fate.
  2. to pronounce judgment against; condemn.
  3. to ordain or fix as a sentence or fate.
noun
  1. death or a terrible fate
  2. a judgment or decision
  3. (sometimes capital) another term for the Last Judgment
verb
  1. to destine or condemn to death or a terrible fate
Doom (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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