doomed

1. 1.

   marked for certain death

   “the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed”

   Similardead
2. 2.

   in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell

   “poor damned souls”

   Synonymscurseddamnedunredeemedunsaved

   Similarlost

   Christianity

3. 3.

   marked by or promising bad fortune

   “their business venture was doomed from the start”

   “an ill-fated business venture”

   “an ill-starred romance”

   “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”

   Synonymsill-fatedill-omenedill-starredunlucky

   Similarunfortunate
4. 4.

   (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate

   “doomed to unhappiness”

   “fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination”

   Synonymsfated

   Similarcertain

1. 1.

   people who are destined to die soon

   “the agony of the doomed was in his voice”

   Synonymslost

   Broaderpeople

Other forms of doomed

plural

doomeds·

comparative

doomedder·

superlative

doomeddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about doomed

What does doomed mean?

doomed means "marked for certain death". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in doomed?

doomed has 1 syllable: doomed. In IPA it is /ˈdumd/.

What is another word for doomed?

Close synonyms include cursed, damned, unredeemed, unsaved, ill-fated. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is doomed a common word?

doomed is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.