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Doomsday
//ˈduːmz.deɪ// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction. not-comparable
- 2 Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity. not-comparable
"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.""
- 3 Capable of causing widespread or total destruction. not-comparable
Noun
- 1 The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times. countable, uncountable
- 2 an unpleasant or disastrous destiny wordnet
- 3 Judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution. Judaism, capitalized, countable, sometimes, uncountable
- 4 (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 wordnet
- 5 Any day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse. countable, uncountable
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- 6 Any of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates. countable, uncountable
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”). Equivalent to doom + -s- + day. Possibly influenced by Latin domus dei (“house of God”).
Etymology 2
From Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”). Equivalent to doom + -s- + day. Possibly influenced by Latin domus dei (“house of God”).
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