3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Doom \Doom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dooming}.] 1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death. [1913 Webster] Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine. [1913 Webster] Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New England] --J. Pickering. [1913 Webster] 5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate. [1913 Webster] A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with difficulties. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: doomed adj 1: marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed" 2: in danger of the eternal punishment of hell; "poor damned souls" [syn: {cursed}, {damned}, {unredeemed}, {unsaved}] 3: 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 [syn: {ill-fated}, {ill-omened}, {ill-starred}, {unlucky}] 4: (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination" [syn: {fated}] n : people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice" [syn: {lost}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 26 Moby Thesaurus words for "doomed": accursed, appointed, bewitched, condemned, cursed, damned, destined, devoted, fatal, fated, fateful, foredoomed, foreordained, futile, ill-fated, in store, in the cards, inevitable, lost, luckless, marked, ordained, predestined, star-crossed, vain, written
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