Synonyms for doomed
- adjective
Most common
star-crossed unfortunate unlucky ill-fated cursed accursed damned destined
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Ill-fated
ill-fated, star-crossed, unfortunate, unlucky, ill-starred, ill-omened
2. Cursed — assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome
3. Damned
4. Destined — assured of any outcome, whether positive or negative; fated
fated, destined, predestined, fateful, foreordained, preordained
Definitions
- adj. 1
Assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome.
Dinosaurs were doomed to extinction.
- adj. 2
Assured of any outcome, whether positive or negative; fated.
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COFFIN Building the Nation ch. 10, p. 137. [H. '83.] To doom is to condemn solemnly and consign to evil or destruction or to predetermine to an evil destiny; an inferior race in presence of a superior is doomed to subjugation or extinction.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- unfortunate He has shown remorse for the unfortunate incident.
- unlucky It is said that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day.
- cursed A demon is controlling Tom through a cursed sword.
- accursed Oh, Vassili, what brings you to this accursed place?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| doomed | rising | |
| unfortunate | falling | |
| unlucky | rising | |
| cursed | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- fey1
- 4 letters
- done1, lost1
- 5 letters
- fated2
- 6 letters
- fucked1, damned1, cursed1, undone2
- 7 letters
- unlucky3, fateful2, unsaved
- 8 letters
- destined2, accursed2
- 9 letters
- condemned2
- 10 letters
- unredeemed3
- 11 letters
- unfortunate4, predestined3, preordained3
- 12 letters
- foreordained
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fated2 = 2 syllables).