doom: Meaning and Definition of

doom

1. fate or destiny, esp. adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
2. ruin; death: to fall to one's doom.
3. a judgment, decision, or sentence, esp. an unfavorable one: The judge pronounced the defendant's doom.
4. the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.
5. a statute, enactment, or legal judgment.

1. to destine, esp. to an adverse fate.
2. to pronounce judgment against; condemn.
3. to ordain or fix as a sentence or fate.