Doomsday

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Doomsday \Dooms"day`\, n. [AS. d?mes d[=a]g. See {Doom}, and
     {Day}.]
     1. A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. "My
        body's doomsday." --Shak.
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     2. The day of the final judgment.
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              I could not tell till doomsday.       --Chaucer.
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     {Doomsday Book}. See {Domesday Book}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Doomsday
       n 1: (New Testament) day of the Last Judgment when God will
            decree the fates of all men according to the good and
            evil of their earthly lives [syn: {Judgment Day}, {Judgement
            Day}, {Day of Judgment}, {Day of Judgement}, {Last
            Judgment}, {Last Judgement}, {Last Day}, {day of
            reckoning}, {crack of doom}, {end of the world}]
       2: an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of
          the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it";
          "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world"
          [syn: {doom}, {day of reckoning}, {end of the world}]