doomed

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
doomed
    adj 1: marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old
           sailor he was doomed"
    2: in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned
       souls" [syn: {cursed}, {damned}, {doomed}, {unredeemed},
       {unsaved}]
    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"- W.H.Prescott [syn: {doomed}, {ill-fated}, {ill-
       omened}, {ill-starred}, {unlucky}]
    4: (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed
       to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's
       assassination" [syn: {doomed}, {fated}]
    n 1: people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the
         doomed was in his voice" [syn: {doomed}, {lost}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Doom \Doom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doomed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Dooming}.]
   1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. [Obs.]
      --Milton.
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   2. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to
      consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a
      criminal doomed to chains or death.
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            Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
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            Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? --Shak.
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   4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New
      England] --J. Pickering.
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   5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to
      appoint, as by decree or by fate.
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            A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with
            difficulties.                         --Macaulay.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "doomed":
      accursed, appointed, bewitched, condemned, cursed, damned,
      destined, devoted, fatal, fated, fateful, foredoomed, foreordained,
      futile, ill-fated, in store, in the cards, inevitable, lost,
      luckless, marked, ordained, predestined, star-crossed, vain,
      written

    

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