doomsday
English
Etymology
Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈduːmz.deɪ/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: dooms‧day
Noun
doomsday (countable and uncountable, plural doomsdays)
- The day when God is expected to judge the world; end times.
- judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.
Translations
day when God is expected to judge the world
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any day of decisive judgement
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Adjective
doomsday (not comparable)
- Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.
- Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.
- Capable of causing widespread or total destruction.
Derived terms
Terms derived from the adjective "doomsday"
- Domesday Book
- doomsday bomb
- doomsday event
- doomsday machine
- doomsday scenario
- doomsday weapon
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