DOOMED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

doomed 1 of 2

adjective

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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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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Adjective

The unfortunate crew of the doomed vessel were likely sailing to the west when disaster struck, the researchers wrote in a study about the wreck that was published earlier this year. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026 If Sid weren’t on the blocks as a doomed trading piece, then Flyte would have a case as the person most egregiously wronged by Taverner’s mistakes. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026 Meyer was the leading rusher for Waxahachie with nine carries for 85 yards, most of which came on scrambles on doomed pass plays. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2026 Kurdish-Canadian director Soran Mardookhi, with his latest documentary feature The Flight, recalls the doomed Ukraine Airlines Flight PS752 that in January 2020 crashed soon after taking off from an airport near Tehran. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 The Navatek Method Before Kao’s doomed reign as CEO, Navatek was a sleepy Hawaiian engineering company with a few dozen employees. — William Turton, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2026 The track — a folk-pop-infused rumination about a doomed relationship — was nominated for a Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 1998 Grammy Awards. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026 Groff played Melchior, a radical thinker who has a tragic and doomed affair with Michele’s Wendla. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026 Visitors paid to tour the doomed vessel before it was towed upriver and set adrift toward the falls, its unwilling crew left to their fate. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Verb

Some economists argued that government attempts to intervene in the economy were doomed to fail. — Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026 Efforts to institute regulations at an international level are often doomed to fail, typically because of geopolitical and economic competition. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 The benders blame Korra, the last Avatar, as the person who doomed their world. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 And a fluke goal doomed SKC to a 2-1 loss in the dying minutes. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026 In some cases, House Democrats are campaigning on the bill that’s doomed in its current form, presenting a further contrast to the vast majority of Senate Democrats who want nothing to do with it. — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026 On the other hand, don’t assume that everyone currently at HBO Max is safe and everyone at Paramount is doomed. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026 The Aggies poor play doomed them to an 0-2 start in SEC play as the Wildcats outplayed them at home in the conference opener before the Tigers rocked them in the team’s first road game of the year. — Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026 This being England, their love is doomed by the gulf of the social divide. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for doomed

Adjective

Sitting on the rim of his consciousness was always cataclysm, the muted whisper of a ruined world.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

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Verb

But this time, his concert is destined to draw an even larger crowd.

— Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 14 Oct. 2026
The exec also served as a conduit between Sony and Netflix on a pay one output deal involving the streaming giant’s commitment to buy films that had been developed at Sony but that weren’t destined for theaters.

— Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of destined

Verb

And while some of the allegations were never proved, he was convicted of perjury and perverting the course of justice and sentenced to four years in jail.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026
Kevin Alexander Carlson, 30, was sentenced in March 2025 to 11 years in state prison after pleading no contest to felony arson for setting blaze.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of sentenced

Adjective

The train is, of course, a classic example of the perennial perils of sunk costs; abandoning the line seems absurd (even to us) given how much money would be written off.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
In my experience, mid-market companies operate with leaner teams and cannot absorb the sunk costs of a multi-month implementation with room for scope creep, reworks and failures.

— Prathamesh Bhingarde, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of sunk

Adjective

The project had initially gone into development through Kapadia’s Mangata Films label, but received a big shot in the arm when Scam and Black Warrant producer Applause Entertainment boarded to produce and distribute the finished show.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
The paper presents PhoneBot as a platform others can build and experiment with, rather than a finished household companion.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026

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