doomed

American  

[doomd] / dumd /

adjective

1. destined, or seemingly destined, especially to an adverse fate.

   Math wizards were able to pinpoint the final resting place of the doomed jet deep beneath the ocean.

2. judged guilty and sentenced, especially to death; condemned.

   Several times today and tonight the doomed man has wept like a child in his prison cell.

3. ordained or fixed, as a sentence or fate.

   In this age of finding everything online, it won’t be long before seed catalogs suffer the same doomed fate as most gardening magazines.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of doom.

Other Word Forms

• self-doomed adjective

Etymology

Origin of doomed

doom + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

These days, he strenuously avoids terms like “impossible” and “doomed to fail” when asked about the potential of off-site construction.

From Los Angeles Times

This isn’t to say that today’s tech titans are doomed to the same fate.

From Barron's

In the same way the doomed lovers see each other, Fennell figures them as the center of the world.

From Los Angeles Times

If they should come upon a blockage—a fallen rock, anything—they were doomed.

From Literature

The day after the SEC filed suit, Lopez posted on X: “Never doom. No matter how horrible the situation, don’t ever think you’re doomed. Unless you are dead, all defeat is psychological.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• ill-fated
• wrecked