doomed
adjective
destined, or seemingly destined, especially to an adverse fate.
self-doomed
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a word derived from
doomed.
Example Sentences
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Where they have crouched and crawled and prayed I stand, the self-doomed, unafraid, Unfellowed, friendless and alone, Indifferent as the herringbone, Firm as the mountain ridges where I flash my antlers on the air.
From Time Magazine Archive
Again, Richardson was an adept in drawing women rather than men and hence was self-doomed in electing a masculine protagonist.
From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Richard Burton
"Master Tristan, perform your office upon this self-doomed felon."
From If I Were King by Justin McCarthy
The great banker stood, a colossus of wealth and stability to the eye, though ready to crumble at a touch, and, indeed, self-doomed; for bankruptcy was now his game.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
Thus the great banker stood, a colossus of wealth and stability to the eye, though ready to crumble at a touch; and indeed self-doomed, for bankruptcy was now his game.
From Hard Cash by Charles Reade
