DOOMED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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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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Recent Examples of doomed

Adjective

Lebedeva, who is astonishing here, feels less like a doomed Chabrol heroine than someone cut out of Antonioni. —

Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 May 2026 That’s the 1935 George and Ira Gershwin classic about a doomed love affair set in Charleston’s Black community of Catfish Row. —

Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026 Researchers have identified the remains of four members of a doomed 19th century expedition in the Arctic by matching DNA to the sailors’ living descendants — and solved a case of mistaken identity along the way. —

Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 12 May 2026 Four years ago, while still a bankable name in commercial studio franchises, Woody Harrelson swanned effortlessly into the international arthouse, playing the Marxist captain of a doomed cruise liner in Swedish auteur Ruben Östlund’s second Palme d’Or winner Triangle of Sadness. —

Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 May 2026 Though in some sense this is a cautionary tale, the way that first Homer describes their attachment, and then Tennyson elaborates on their doomed, blissful apathy, is seductive in its own right. —

Literary Hub, 11 May 2026 Fleeting love Stoner finds true love with Katherine Driscoll, a young instructor who is his intellectual equal, in a tender but doomed affair. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026 Voters passed that requirement as a check after then-Mayor David Bieter championed a doomed $103 million downtown library replacement in the late 2010s. —

Mark Dee april 28, Idaho Statesman, 28 Apr. 2026 More recently, Nvidia's doomed effort to acquire the British chip designer Arm Holdings encountered regulatory scrutiny across multiple jurisdictions, including China, before collapsing under the weight of geopolitical and competition concerns. —

Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026

Verb

Once teased for their transness, Little Death is now eternally doomed to the bottom of the lake at Camp Tivoli when not seasonally resurfacing to kill horny teenagers (and, of course, doomed to be reincarnated in endless sequels). —

Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 May 2026 Is Trump citizenship order doomed? —

Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 13 May 2026 The record labels seem to have conceded that their other cases against ISPs were doomed. —

ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026 Late goals doomed the club in the first loss of the season against the Orlando Pride and then right after the international break against Portland. —

Damian Calhoun, Daily News, 8 May 2026 Brightline was doomed from the start Brightline is a simple idea whose execution was never going to work. —

Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026 But that strict look had become predictable, stagnant and too unproductive in recent years, even last season when a rash of injuries could have doomed Robert Saleh’s second term as defensive coordinator. —

Cam Inman, Mercury News, 7 May 2026 But that doesn’t mean other low-cost carriers are doomed. —

Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 4 May 2026 My goodness, are we doomed to be Bucks West? —

Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 May 2026

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With a stylish matching set for $30, a makeup bag that even flight attendants swear by, and a genius anti-theft accessory that takes up zero packing space, these Amazon finds are destined to be summer travel game-changers—with deals up to 70 percent off.

— Erin Cavoto, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026
Films about filmmaking often seem destined for film lovers only, to the detriment of everyone else.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026