doomsday
/ˈduːmz.deɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.18 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Any day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Any of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates.
Countable; Uncountable
adj
Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.
adj
Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.
adj
Capable of causing widespread or total destruction.
Example Sentences
- "The Sages chose to end the haftarah with this message of hope, in contrast to the episode's last verse with its doomsday warning that "if you persist in your wrongdoing, both you and your king shall be swept away.""
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”).