doom

doom¹ [du:m] v [T usually passive]

to make someone or something certain to fail, die, be destroyed etc

be doomed to failure/defeat/extinction etc

▪ Many species are doomed to extinction.

▪ The plan was doomed from the start .

be doomed to do sth

▪ We are all doomed to die in the end.

>doomed adj

▪ passengers on the doomed flight

doom ²

doom² n [U]

[: Old English; Origin: dom]

something very bad that is going to happen, or the fact that it is going to happen

▪ A sense of impending doom (=coming very soon) gripped her.

sense/feeling of doom

spell doom for sth

(=mean that something will be unable to continue or survive)

▪ The recession spelled doom for many small businesses.

▪ Thousands of soldiers met their doom (=died) on this very field.

doom and gloom/gloom and doom

(=when there seems to be no hope for the future)

▪ Despite these poor figures, it's not all doom and gloom .