doom
Significado (English)
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- Destiny, especially terrible.
- An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
- Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.
- (obsolete) A law.
- (obsolete) A judgment or decision.
- (obsolete) A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.
- Death.
- The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
Conceptos
Synonyms
denounce
pass judgment
court verdict
give verdict
written judgment
finding of fact
closing curtain
general verdict
judgment of conviction
killing back
day of doom
ill fate
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/duːm/
Etimología (English)
In summary
From Middle English doom, dom, from Old English dōm (“judgement”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōm, from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos. Compare West Frisian doem, Dutch doem, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish dom, Icelandic dómur. Doublet of duma. See also deem.
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