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US
/ˈdumd/
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[ UK /dˈuːmd/ ]
[ UK /dˈuːmd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate
fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination
doomed to unhappiness -
in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell
poor damned souls -
marked by or promising bad fortune
their business venture was doomed from the start
an ill-starred romance
an ill-fated business venture
the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons -
marked for certain death
the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed
NOUN
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people who are destined to die soon
the agony of the doomed was in his voice
How To Use doomed In A Sentence
- The closely-packed _mitraille_ tore the icy crust into powder, fifty yards beyond the doomed bird, which settled, throbbing with a mortal tremor, upon the ice, shot through the head. Adrift in the Ice-Fields
- The fizzy drinks tax is doomed to fail, as it has elsewhere. The Sun
- Without such help, sexual predators are doomed to repeat their crimes.
- The tragedy is that these are doomed to failure because they are in no way, enhancers of resources.
- Something like one of these multimillion dollar condos would have doomed Edwards, but 28,200 square feet in exurban North Carolina is solid. Matthew Yglesias » Edwards’ Big House
- The atmosphere of foredoomed defeat in his own corner had no effect on him. The Mexican
- `Because she told the dean who was interviewing her that the college and governing body system was corrupt and doomed. DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION
- Most of these duplicated segments are doomed to oblivion, because any proteins their genes produce are redundant.
- From that moment, it was doomed to become a huge, sprawling, one-story conurbation, hopelessly dependent on the automobile.
- I realize that the relationship is inevitably doomed.