Thesaurus
doom
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of DOOM
1
a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard <the judge solemnly pronounced his doom before a hushed courtroom>
Related Words inquest, verdict; authority; decree, edict, injunction, order; arbitrament, award, declaration, deliverance, dictum, pronouncement; conclusion, decision, determination, opinion, resolution; discipline, penalty, punishment
2
a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand <it was her doom to be haunted by the memory of that terrible day>
Related Words accident, casualty [archaic], chance, hap, happenchance, happenstance, hazard, luck; predestination; aftereffect, aftermath, conclusion, consequence, development, effect, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot
3
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities <met his doom at the hands of a rampaging rhinoceros>
Synonyms curtains, decease, demise, dissolution, doom, end, exit, expiration, expiry, fate, grave, great divide, passage, passing, quietus, sleep
Related Words casualty, fatality; martyrdom, self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter, suicide; annihilation, destruction, ending, extermination, ruin; assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter
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