noun
- People who are destined to die soon.
- usage: "the agony of the doomed was in his voice"
- synonyms: lost
verb
- Decree or designate beforehand.
- usage: "She was destined to become a great pianist"
- Pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law.
- usage: "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
- Make certain of the failure or destruction of.
- usage: "This decision will doom me to lose my position"
- synonyms: doom
adjective
- Marked for certain death.
- usage: "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed"
- In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell.
- usage: "poor damned souls"
- synonyms: cursed, damned, unredeemed, unsaved
- 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
- synonyms: ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky
- Usually followed by `to'. ( determined by tragic fate)
- usage: "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination"
- synonyms: fated
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