"doomed" in the noun sense
1. doomed, lost
people who are destined to die soon
"the agony of the doomed was in his voice"
"doomed" in the verb sense
1. destine, fate, doom, designate
decree or designate beforehand
"She was destined to become a great pianist"
2. sentence, condemn, doom
pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
"He was condemned to ten years in prison"
3. doom
make certain of the failure or destruction of
"This decision will doom me to lose my position"
"doomed" in the adjective sense
1. doomed
marked for certain death
"the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed"
2. cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved
in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell
"poor damned souls"
3. doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky
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
4. doomed, fated
usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate
"doomed to unhappiness"
"fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination"
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