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doomful

[ doom-fuhl ]
/ ˈdum fəl /
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adjective
foreshadowing doom; portentously direful; ominous.
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Origin of doomful

First recorded in 1580–90; doom + -ful

OTHER WORDS FROM doomful

doom·ful·ly, adverb

Words nearby doomful

Doolittle, dooly, doom, doom and gloom, doomed, doomful, doom-laden, doom palm, dooms, doomsayer, doomscroll
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Words related to doomful

crucial, decisive, eventful, momentous, apocalyptic, dangerous, dark, dire, dismal, gloomy, grim, haunting, perilous, portentous, prophetic, sinister, threatening, evil, malevolent, mischievous

How to use doomful in a sentence

  • Once I heard a man telling of a doomful hour in which his fortune won by years of hard work, broke and vanished like a bubble.

    The Light in the Clearing|Irving Bacheller
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