adj · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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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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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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
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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
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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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Antonyms: none provided
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
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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