Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Fated to suffer death, destruction, or a terrible outcome: Describes someone or something that is certain to experience a tragic or unfortunate fate.
   • Marked by a sense of inevitable failure or misfortune: Describes a venture, plan, or situation that is destined to end badly from the beginning.
   • Condemned to eternal punishment: In a religious context, describes souls destined for damnation or hell.

2. Noun (plural: the doomed):

   • People who are destined to die soon: Refers collectively to individuals facing imminent death, often in a tragic context like a battle or disaster.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:

  • The expedition was doomed from the start due to a lack of supplies.
  • She felt doomed to repeat her parents' mistakes.
  • In the story, the doomed hero tries in vain to escape his fate.

• Noun:

  • The general showed no mercy to the doomed in the captured city.
  • A sense of calm settled over the doomed as they awaited the final assault.

Advanced Usage

• "to be doomed to [something]": To be fated or certain to experience a specific negative outcome.

  • The old regime was doomed to collapse.
  • He seemed doomed to a life of loneliness.

• "to be doomed if you do, doomed if you don't": Describes a no-win situation where every possible choice leads to a bad result.

  • It was a doomed if you do, doomed if you don't scenario; speaking up would anger the boss, but staying silent would mean losing the contract.

Variants and Related Words

• Doom (n.): Terrible fate, death, destruction, or ruin.
  • The prophet spoke of impending doom.
• Doom (v.): To condemn to a terrible fate.
  • The flawed strategy doomed the mission.
• Doomsday (n.): The day of the final judgment or a day of catastrophe.

Synonyms

• Fated: Decreed by fate.
• Ill-fated: Destined to fail or have bad luck.
• Condemned: Sentenced to a punishment, especially death.
• Damned: Condemned, especially to eternal punishment.

Related Phrases

• A sense of doom: A feeling that something very bad is going to happen.
  • A sense of doom hung over the negotiations.
• Seal someone's doom: To make someone's failure or destruction certain.
  • That one error sealed the team's doom.

Adjective

1. (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate
   • doomed to unhappiness
   • fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination
2. marked by or promising bad fortune
   • their business venture was doomed from the start
   • an ill-fated business venture
   • an ill-starred romance
   • the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons- W.H.Prescott
3. in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell
   • poor damned souls
4. marked for certain death
   • the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed

Noun

1. people who are destined to die soon
   • the agony of the doomed was in his voice