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Definition of Doomed

1. Adjective. Marked for certain death. "The black spot told the old sailor he was doomed"

2. Noun. People who are destined to die soon. "The agony of the doomed was in his voice"

3. Adjective. In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell. "Poor damned souls"

4. Adjective. Marked by or promising bad fortune. "The unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"

5. Adjective. (usually followed by 'to') determined by tragic fate. "Fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination"

Definition of Doomed

1. Adjective. Certain to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome. ¹

2. Verb. (past of doom) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Doomed

1. doom [v] - See also: doom

Lexicographical Neighbors of Doomed

doolees dooles doolie doolies dools dooly doom doom-and-gloom doom-and-gloomer doom-and-gloomers

doom and gloom doom metal doom palm doomage doomages doomed (current term) doomedness doomer doomers doomful

doomfully doomier doomiest doomily dooming doomlike dooms doomsaid doomsay doomsayer

Literary usage of Doomed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"In the minds of the seamen of the fleet, doomed . in IT.IT Feeling •> ... excited by the sight of the grand old ship thus clinging to life tacie. added ..."

2. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1893)
"But being taken and doomed to perpetual imprisonment, he sincerely repented.' Her daughters were sent to their aunt Christina, ..."

3. The Monthly Review (1832)
"The doomed. In three vols. 8vo. London : Smith, Elder, and Co. IF the reader desire to banish the spleen and all recollection of it from his bosom for a ..."

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