doomed
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Definition
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.
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
- (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate
- doomed to unhappiness
- fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination
- 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
- in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell
- poor damned souls
- marked for certain death
- the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed
Noun
- people who are destined to die soon
- the agony of the doomed was in his voice