Meaning of doom in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• Destiny, especially terrible.

• An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.

• A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.

• A law.

• A judgment or decision.

• A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.

• Death.

  Example: They met an untimely doom when the mineshaft caved in.

• (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.

verb

• To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn.

  Example: a criminal doomed to death

• To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.

• To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.

• To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.

• To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.