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doomsday

adj · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈduːmz.deɪ/
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  • rhymes with -uːmzdeɪ
  • CMU ARPABET: D UW1 M Z D EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Capable of causing widespread or total destruction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Judaism, capitalized, countable, sometimes, uncountable

Topics: Christianity, Islam, lifestyle, religion

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Any day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

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7

noun

Meaning 7

Any of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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8

noun

Meaning 8

an unpleasant or disastrous destiny

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it
  • that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: doom, day of reckoning, end of the world

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: destiny, fate

9

noun

Meaning 9

(New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Judgment Day, Judgement Day, Day of Judgment, Day of Judgement, Last Judgment, Last Judgement, Last Day, eschaton, day of reckoning, crack of doom, end of the world

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: day

History

Etymology

From Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”). Equivalent to doom + -s- + day. Compare Old Norse dómsdagr (“judgement day, doomsday”).

Across languages

Translations

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: Untergangs- — Translations
  • German: apokalyptisch — Translations
  • German: Endzeit- — Translations
  • Spanish: apocalíptico — Translations
  • Albanian: kiamet — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Albanian: dita e Gjykimit — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Arabic: يَوْم الْقِيَامَة (yawm al-qiyāma) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Arabic: يَوْم الْحِسَاب (yawm al-ḥisāb) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Assamese: কিয়ামত (kiamot) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Bashkir: ҡиәмәт көнө (qiəmət könö) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Bashkir: ахырызаман (axırızaman) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Belarusian: су́дны дзень (súdny dzjenʹ) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Belarusian: стра́шны суд (strášny sud) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Bengali: কেয়ামত (keẏamot) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Bulgarian: стра́шен съд (strášen sǎd) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Bulgarian: съ́ден ден (sǎ́den den) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Burmese: တရားစီရင်မည့်နေ့ (ta.ra:cirangmany.ne.) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Catalan: Judici Final — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Chinese Mandarin: 末日 (mòrì) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Chinese Mandarin: 世界末日 (shìjiè mòrì) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Czech: soudný den — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Danish: dommedag — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Estonian: viimnepäev — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Finnish: tuomiopäivä — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • French: jour du Jugement dernier — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • French: jugement dernier — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Georgian: განკითხვის დღე (ganḳitxvis dɣe) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • German: Tag des Jüngsten Gerichts — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • German: Jüngster Tag — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • German: Jüngstes Gericht — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Greek: ημέρα της Κρίσεως (iméra tis Kríseos) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Greek: Δευτέρα Παρουσία (Deftéra Parousía) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Hebrew: יוֹם הַדִּין (yom ha'din) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Hindi: क़यामत (qayāmat) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Hungarian: végítélet — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Hungarian: utolsó ítélet — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Indonesian: hari kiamat — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Italian: giorno del giudizio universale — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Italian: giudizio universale — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Japanese: ドームズデー (dōmuzudē) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Japanese: 終わりの時 (owari no toki) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Kazakh: заманақыр (zamanaqyr) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Kazakh: ақырзаман (aqyrzaman) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Macedonian: су́ден ден (súden den) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Macedonian: стра́шен суд (strášen sud) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dommedag — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dommedag — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: domedag — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Occitan: Jutjament Darrièr — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Occitan: Judici Final — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Persian: روز حساب (ruz-e hesâb) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Polish: Dzień Sądu Ostatecznego — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Polish: sąd ostateczny — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Portuguese: dia do Juízo Final — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Russian: су́дный день (súdnyj denʹ) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Russian: день стра́шного суда́ (denʹ strášnovo sudá) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Russian: коне́ц све́та (konéc svéta) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Serbo-Croatian: суднји дан — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Serbo-Croatian: страшни суд — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Serbo-Croatian: sudnji dan — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Serbo-Croatian: strašni sud — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Slovak: súdny deň — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Slovene: sodni dan — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Spanish: día del Juicio Final — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Spanish: apocalipsis — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Spanish: armagedón — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Swedish: domedag — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Tamil: ஊழிநாள் (ūḻināḷ) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Turkish: kıyamet günü — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Ukrainian: су́дний день (súdnyj denʹ) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Ukrainian: страшни́й суд (strašnýj sud) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Urdu: قیامت (qayāmat) — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Vietnamese: ngày tận thế — day when God is expected to judge the world
  • Assamese: কিয়ামত (kiamot) — any day of decisive judgement
  • Danish: dommedag — any day of decisive judgement
  • Finnish: tuomiopäivä — any day of decisive judgement
  • Georgian: სასამართლოს დღე (sasamartlos dɣe) — any day of decisive judgement
  • German: Tag des Jüngsten Gerichts — any day of decisive judgement
  • Hindi: क़यामत (qayāmat) — any day of decisive judgement
  • Macedonian: су́ден ден (súden den) — any day of decisive judgement
  • Middle English: domesday — any day of decisive judgement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dommedag — any day of decisive judgement
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dommedag — any day of decisive judgement
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: domedag — any day of decisive judgement
  • Occitan: fin — any day of decisive judgement
  • Occitan: jutjament final — any day of decisive judgement
  • Russian: су́дный день (súdnyj denʹ) — any day of decisive judgement
  • Urdu: قیامت (qayāmat) — any day of decisive judgement
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