doom

CEFRB2

/duːm/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A terrible fate or complete destruction.

  2. 02

    verb

    To cause something to fail or be destroyed.

Examples

  • Those gloom and doom economists aren't worth their salt.

  • I tried to organize my stuff but just ended up making a big doom pile.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.

  3. Destiny, especially terrible.

More examples

In context

  • They met an untimely doom when the mineshaft caved in.

  • His doom is sealed.

  • a criminal doomed to death

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Origin

noun

From Middle English doom, dom, from Old English dōm (“judgement”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōm, from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos. Cognates Compare Dutch doem (“condemnation, doom; judgement”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish dom (“judgement”), Faroese and Icelandic dómur (“judgement”), Gothic 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐍃 (dōms, “insight, judgement”); also Ancient Greek θωμός (thōmós, “heap”), Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian ду́ма (dúma, “thought”), Polish duma (“pride”). Doublet of duma. See also deem.