Doomed

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.
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     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.
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              Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
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              Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? --Shak.
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     4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New
        England] --J. Pickering.
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     5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to
        appoint, as by decree or by fate.
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              A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with
              difficulties.                         --Macaulay.
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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