doom
part of speech
noun (doom — uncountable); verb (doom, dooms, doomed, dooming)
meaning for a pupil
1) (noun) Death, ruin or a terrible fate that cannot be avoided. tree →
2) (verb) To make something certain to fail or suffer: «The plan was doomed from the start». tree →
3) (noun, informal) «doom and gloom» — a feeling that everything will go wrong. tree →
4) (old, Bible) Judgement, especially the Last Judgement: «Doomsday» or «the crack of doom». tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories and films: heroes face doom; villains plot doom; «impending doom» builds suspense. In history: the Domesday Book (an old English survey; not about the end of the world). In everyday talk: «doom and gloom» about the weather or tests; «doomscrolling» (reading lots of bad news online). Phrases: «doomed to fail», «sense of doom», «spell doom for», «prophet of doom».
examples
- The ship was doomed when it hit the iceberg. tree →
- The knight rode bravely to meet his doom. tree →
- Too much rain could spell doom for the picnic. tree →
- A feeling of doom came over me before the test. tree →
- Stop the doom and gloom — it might be sunny tomorrow! tree →
- Without water, the plants were doomed. tree →
- The dragon roared, "Your doom is near!" tree →
- “Heavy is my doom!” he groaned. tree →
note
Uncountable noun. Regular verb: doomed. «Doomed» (adjective) means sure to fail or die. Informal «doomscrolling» is a modern word. The Domesday Book is spelled differently.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «doom» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.