doom

Doom is defined as a sentence of blame, destiny or fate.

(noun)

An example of doom is someone driving into a tornado and being killed.

See doom in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: ME & OE dom, lit., what is laid down, decree, akin to Goth doms, judgment < IE base *dhē-: see do

transitive verb

noun

doum

See doom in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Inevitable destruction or ruin.
Fate, especially a tragic or ruinous one.
A decision or judgment, especially an official condemnation to a severe penalty.
Judgment Day.
A statute or ordinance, especially one in force in Anglo-Saxon England.

transitive verb doomed, doom·ing, dooms

Origin:

Origin: Middle English dom

Origin: , from Old English dōm, judgment; see dhē- in Indo-European roots

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