Definitions of doomed
British English : doomed If something is doomed to happen, or if you are doomed to a particular state, something unpleasant is certain to happen, and you can do nothing to prevent it. ADJECTIVETheir plans seemed doomed to failure.to be doomed to sth | to be doomed to do sth
adjective
- bound to fail; hopeless ⇒ Firemen battled through the smoke in a doomed attempt to rescue the children. , I used to pour time and energy into projects that were doomed from the start. , Their marriage was doomed to failure. , He knew that if he lived, he would be doomed to spend the war as a prisoner.
noun
- death or a terrible fate
- a judgment or decision
- (sometimes capital) another term for the Last Judgment
verb
- (transitive) to destine or condemn to death or a terrible fate