Monday, June 12, 2006

doom

doom 1
  •  noun
1    [U] a terrible situation in the future that you are unable to avoid:
?a sense of impending doom (= something bad that will soon happen)
2    doom and gloom humorous a feeling that the future will be terrible:
?Barry's always full of doom and gloom.

doom 2
  • verb [T]
to make something terrible certain to happen:
?be doomed to (do) sth: They were doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.
doomed adjective:
?The mission was doomed from the start.


0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home