DOOMED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

doomed 1 of 2

adjective

as in done

facing certain defeat, disaster, or death at that point it was obvious to all that the astronauts were doomed

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verb

past tense of doom

as in destined

to determine the fate of in advance the actor felt that he was doomed to be forever remembered for that one terrible performance

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as in sentenced

to impose a judicial punishment on doomed the murderer to life in prison without the possibility of parole

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Adjective

This housing raid would put roughly 150,000 homes under the government’s control — about seven percent of Berlin’s housing supply — in what would no doubt be a doomed effort to curb rising rents. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026 Skerritt originally turned down the role as Captain Dallas of the doomed spacecraft Nostromo in Alien (1979) after fearing that the film’s budget would be consumed by special effects. — Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026 The unfortunate crew of the doomed vessel were likely sailing to the west when disaster struck, the researchers wrote in a study about the wreck that was published earlier this year. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026 If Sid weren’t on the blocks as a doomed trading piece, then Flyte would have a case as the person most egregiously wronged by Taverner’s mistakes. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026 Meyer was the leading rusher for Waxahachie with nine carries for 85 yards, most of which came on scrambles on doomed pass plays. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2026 The Navatek Method Before Kao’s doomed reign as CEO, Navatek was a sleepy Hawaiian engineering company with a few dozen employees. — William Turton, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2026 The track — a folk-pop-infused rumination about a doomed relationship — was nominated for a Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 1998 Grammy Awards. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026 Groff played Melchior, a radical thinker who has a tragic and doomed affair with Michele’s Wendla. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

Verb

And writer Faran Krentcil digs through her dating and designer past to find out whether a partner’s dislike of your fashion sense means the relationship is doomed from the start. — InStyle, 24 Oct. 2026 Those feelings shift and change with age, trending from excitement to doomed from the age range of 10-13 to 19-24. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026 Some Republican groups have stopped spending in Kean’s race because his race is widely seen as doomed to defeat amid a looming Democratic blue wave. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026 Following a decade-long saga of delays, name changes, and Atari having to assure backers of a crowdfunding campaign that its retro console wasn’t doomed, the Atari VCS platform is being retired early next year. — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2026 But the editorial process was painfully slow, and the business model was doomed by the dot-com crash. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026 But like many fascinating reality-TV subjects of the early 2000s, the family was eventually doomed to years of public estrangement, disagreements, and tension spilling offscreens. — Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026 After the basement flooded circa 2002, Wysocki says, the house was doomed. — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026 Efforts to institute regulations at an international level are often doomed to fail, typically because of geopolitical and economic competition. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

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Adjective

Sitting on the rim of his consciousness was always cataclysm, the muted whisper of a ruined world.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Definition of ruined

Verb

Before the pandemic, nearly 90% of the company’s products were destined for overseas markets.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Avoiding the entire iPad app ecosystem is another choice that might not age well; so is asking developers to jump on board with a device that’s clearly destined to eventually run into the iPad.

— Nilay Patel, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of destined

Verb

Three of those defendants, in agreements, pleaded guilty to capital murder and were sentenced to life without parole.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
Judge Michael Sweet sentenced Roderick Earl Sowells, 60, for the murder of David Marcus Jones, 29, of West Sacramento, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of sentenced

Adjective

Poor Stuart’s capable and patient efforts come to nothing, because Hal is in a snit and seems to be suffering an acute case of sunk cost fallacy-itis.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026
The train is, of course, a classic example of the perennial perils of sunk costs; abandoning the line seems absurd (even to us) given how much money would be written off.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of sunk

Verb

At the time, the league said there were no immediate eligibility matters affecting the WNBA and condemned attempts to use the subject to demean or marginalize others.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
The term has since become a shorthand for antisemitic depictions of greed and has been condemned for elevating offensive stereotypes about Jewish people.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of condemned

Adjective

The yeast and bacteria in the starter don’t survive baking in meaningful numbers, so the finished bread doesn’t deliver live cultures to your gut.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
The Horned Frogs also captured the Big 12 regular-season title and finished runner-up in the Big 12 Tournament.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026

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