Judgment Day

American  

noun

Theology.

1. the day of the Last Judgment; doomsday.

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Judgment Day British  

noun

1. Also called: Day of Judgment.  the occasion of the Last (or General) Judgment by God at the end of the world See Last Judgment

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Judgment Day Cultural  

1. In the New Testament, the day at the end of time. According to the Gospels and the Book of Revelation, on this day the Earth and the sky will be in an uproar, the dead will rise from their graves, and Jesus will return to judge all the living and the dead. In judging their conduct, he will consider the deeds people do to each other, both good and bad, as if they had been done to him. (See Second Coming.)

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Etymology

Origin of Judgment Day

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

It was judgment day for travel credit card holders.

From Slate • Jul. 3, 2025

And as the clock ticks towards Harris’s first judgment day as owner, that should be cause for concern.

From Washington Times • Oct. 29, 2023

I’ll play every number that I can play I’ll see you maybe on judgment day After midnight if you still wanna meet I’ll be in Black Horse Tavern on Armageddon Street.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2020

“Whose side are you on?” he would bellow in his fiery stump speech, like it was judgment day.

From Washington Post • May 9, 2018

The Wassermann guinea pigs were squealing as though judgment day had come.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright