Doom can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| doom - make certain of the failure or destruction of; "This decision will doom me to lose my position" | ||
| doom - pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" | ||
| doom - decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" | ||
Noun |
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| doom - 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" |
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| 1. | noun | Everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it. | |
| 2. | noun | Those gloom and doom economists aren't worth their salt. | |
| 3. | noun | His doom is sealed. | |
| 4. | noun | Doom has been ported to a calculator. | |
| 5. | noun | What would driving a car be without doom metal? | |
| 6. | noun | My idleness will become my doom. | |
| 7. | noun | This is one of the signs of weakness and the impending doom of imperialism. | |
| 8. | noun | Candlemass is an influential Swedish doom metal band. | |
| 9. | noun | Tom enjoys reading doom porn websites and now our home computer is infected. | |
| 10. | noun | "Ten days the seer, as shrinking to reply / or name a victim, did the doom withhold." | |
| 11. | noun | "All praised the sentence, pleased that one alone / should suffer, glad that one poor wretch should bear / the doom that each had dreaded for his own." | |
| 12. | noun | E'en then – alas! to Trojan ears in vain – / Cassandra sang, and told in utterance plain / the coming doom. | |
| 13. | noun | So spake he, on his purpose firmly bent. / We – wife, child, family and I – with prayer / and tears entreat the father to relent, / nor doom us all the common wreck to share, / and urge the ruin that the Fates prepare. | |
| 14. | noun | With a scornful smile on his face, the soldier stood there and looked at the approaching enemy, abiding his doom. | |
| 15. | noun | Three days, made doubtful by the blinding gloom, / as many nights, when not a star is seen, / we wander on, uncertain of our doom. | |
| 16. | verb | This decision will doom me to lose my position. |
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| noun | |
| Everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it. |
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| Those gloom and doom economists aren't worth their salt. | |
| His doom is sealed. | |
| Doom has been ported to a calculator. | |
| What would driving a car be without doom metal? | |
| My idleness will become my doom. | |
| This is one of the signs of weakness and the impending doom of imperialism. | |
| Candlemass is an influential Swedish doom metal band. | |
| Tom enjoys reading doom porn websites and now our home computer is infected. | |
| "Ten days the seer, as shrinking to reply / or name a victim, did the doom withhold." | |
| "All praised the sentence, pleased that one alone / should suffer, glad that one poor wretch should bear / the doom that each had dreaded for his own." | |
| E'en then – alas! to Trojan ears in vain – / Cassandra sang, and told in utterance plain / the coming doom. | |
| So spake he, on his purpose firmly bent. / We – wife, child, family and I – with prayer / and tears entreat the father to relent, / nor doom us all the common wreck to share, / and urge the ruin that the Fates prepare. | |
| With a scornful smile on his face, the soldier stood there and looked at the approaching enemy, abiding his doom. | |
| Three days, made doubtful by the blinding gloom, / as many nights, when not a star is seen, / we wander on, uncertain of our doom. | |
| verb | |
| This decision will doom me to lose my position. |
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