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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
accursed, appointed, bewitched, condemned, cursed, damned, destined, devoted, fatal, fated, fateful, foredoomed, foreordained, futile, ill-fated, in store, in the cards, inevitable, lost, luckless, marked, ordained, predestined, star-crossed, vain, written
Dictionary Results for doomed:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
doomed
    adj 1: marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old
           sailor he was doomed"
    2: in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned
       souls" [syn: cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed,
       unsaved]
    3: marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture
       was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture";
       "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put
       in irons"- W.H.Prescott [syn: doomed, ill-fated, ill-
       omened, ill-starred, unlucky]
    4: (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed
       to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's
       assassination" [syn: doomed, fated]
    n 1: people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the
         doomed was in his voice" [syn: doomed, lost]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Doom \Doom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doomed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Dooming.]
   1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. [Obs.]
      --Milton.
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   2. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to
      consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a
      criminal doomed to chains or death.
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            Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
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            Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? --Shak.
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   4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New
      England] --J. Pickering.
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   5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to
      appoint, as by decree or by fate.
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            A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with
            difficulties.                         --Macaulay.
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