DOOMY Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

doomy

adjective

ˈdü-mē

Definition of doomy

as in ominous

being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come the surging doomy music in the background was an unmistakable sign that things would not end well for the movie's hero

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Recent Examples of doomy As the song progresses, more elements—slow-moving filter sweeps, waltzing arpeggios, a deep and doomy bassline—appear and disappear, moving into the fore of the stereo field before corroding and flaking away. — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026 The runner-up, sanewashing, was doomy, but more of a criticism of how the media handled Trump than of Trump himself. — Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025 Guadagnino encourages our doubts, shooting Maggie in exaggerated horror-movie closeups set to the doomy bass notes and shrieking winds of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s score. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025 On the one hand, the music nestled alongside the doomy Goth rock of the Cure and Siouxie and the Banshees. — David Chiu, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for doomy

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Adjective

The film fairly vibrates with ominous tension even in scenes in which seemingly nothing happens.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The horror movie takes place in Vision’s mind-mansion, which Butcherbird has filled with red light, dark shadows, and ominous imagery.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of ominous

Adjective

Feathers McGraw, the sinister penguin villain from the Wallace & Gromit films, also makes a Hitchcockian cameo.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
Other examples are more sinister—for instance, the far-right takeover of Croatian Wikipedia, or efforts by corporations to launder their images.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of sinister

Adjective

This establishment of this family-friendly version of Castle Rock led to Pumpkinhead 2’s final scene, which teases the arrival of a menacing, giggly presence from Afraid of Clowns.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026
And Dastmalchian, who portrays Bison with an emphasis on sniveling evil, struggles to quietly undercut the character’s cartoonishly menacing getup.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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