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| Main Entry: | doom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate or decision, usually unpleasant |
| Synonyms: | Judgment Day, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, circumstance, conclusion, condemnation, death, decree, destination, destiny, destruction, disaster, downfall, end, fortune, judgment, karma, kismet, lot, opinion, portion, predestination, ruin, sentence, tragedy, verdict, Moira, annihilation, fixed future, foreordination, handwriting on wall, lap of the gods, predetermination, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles |
| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
| Synonyms: | Moira, accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | condemn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blame, convict |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, belittle, blow whistle on, call down*, castigate, censure, chide, come down on*, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, denunciate, deprecate, depreciate, disapprove, disparage, doom, find fault with, find guilty, frame, hang something on, judge, knock, lay at one's door, let have it, name, pass sentence on, pin it on, point finger at, pronounce, proscribe, punish, put away, put down, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, reprove, send up, send up the river, sentence, skin, thumbs down on, upbraid |
| Antonyms: | absolve, acquit, approve, clear, discharge, exonerate, free, pardon, release, set free |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | condemnation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blaming, conviction |
| Synonyms: | accusation, blame, censure, damnation, denunciation, disapproval, doom, judgment, reproach, reproof, sentence, stricture, denouncement, proscription, reprobation |
| Antonyms: | absolution, acquittal, clearance, discharge, exoneration, freeing, pardon, release |
| Main Entry: | convict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find guilty |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, bring to justice, condemn, doom, frame, imprison, put away, rap*, sentence, attaint, declare guilty, pass sentence on, pronounce guilty, put the screws to, send up the river, send up*, throw the book at |
| Antonyms: | exonerate, free, liberate, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | damn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, denounce |
| Synonyms: | abuse, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, castigate, censure, confound, convict, criticize, curse, darn, doom, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, jinx, objurgate, pan*, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, anathematize, cast out, complain of, cry down, cuss, denunciate, drat, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, object to, thunder against |
| Notes: | a dam is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water while damn is used as an expletive meaning cursed, condemned to hell |
| Antonyms: | bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | damnation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | everlasting punishment |
| Synonyms: | condemnation, doom, hell, perdition, suffering, torment |
| Main Entry: | destine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predetermine, ordain |
| Synonyms: | allot, appoint, assign, consecrate, decide, decree, dedicate, design, determine, devote, doom, earmark*, fate, foreordain, intend, preordain, purpose, reserve, doom to, mark out, predestine, preform |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | destiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate |
| Synonyms: | afterlife, break*, certainty, circumstance, conclusion, condition, cup, design, doom, expectation, finality, fortune, future, happenstance, hereafter, horoscope, intent, intention, karma, kismet*, lot, luck, objective, ordinance, portion, predestination, prospect, serendipity, wheel of fortune*, Moirai, breaks, constellation, course of events, divine decree, foreordination, inevitability, predetermination, the stars, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, what is written, world to come |
| Antonyms: | choice, free will, volition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predetermined course |
| Synonyms: | break, chance, circumstance, consequence, cup*, destination, destiny, doom, effect, end, ending, fortune, future, handwriting on the wall, horoscope, issue, karma, kismet, lot, luck, nemesis, outcome, portion, predestination, providence, termination, upshot, wheel of fortune*, Moirai, divine will, inescapableness, stars |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | judge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make decision from evidence; deduce |
| Synonyms: | act on, adjudge, adjudicate, appraise, appreciate, approximate, arbitrate, arrive, ascertain, assess, check, collect, conclude, condemn, consider, criticize, decide, decree, deduct, derive, determine, discern, distinguish, doom, draw, esteem, estimate, evaluate, examine, find, gather, make, make out, mediate, place, put, rate, reckon, referee, resolve, review, rule, sentence, settle, sit, suppose, test, try, umpire, value, give a hearing, pass sentence, pronounce sentence, size up |
| Main Entry: | kismet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, fortune |
| Synonyms: | Lady Luck*, chance, destination, destiny, doom, handwriting on the wall, horoscope, karma, lot, luck, portion, predestination, providence, divine will |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proscribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, exclude |
| Synonyms: | ban, banish, blackball*, boycott, censure, damn, denounce, deport, doom*, embargo, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, forbid, interdict, ostracize, outlaw, prohibit, reject, sentence |
| Antonyms: | admit, allow, include, praise, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sentence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | punishing decree |
| Synonyms: | book, censure, clock, condemnation, decision, determination, dictum, doom, edict, fall, hitch, jolt, judgment, knock, order, penalty, pronouncement, punishment, rap*, ruling, sleep, stretch, term, time, trick, vacation, verdict, considered opinion, getup, sending up the river |
| Antonyms: | accusation, charge |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sentence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide punishment |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, adjudicate, blame, condemn, confine, convict, damn, denounce, devote, doom, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, judge, ordain, penalize, proscribe, punish, put away*, railroad*, rule, settle, mete out, pass judgment, put on ice, send to prison, send up the river, take the fall, throw the book at |
| Antonyms: | accuse, blame, charge |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tragedy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, bad luck, blight, blow, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, curse, curtains*, dole, dolor, doom, downer*, failure, hard knocks*, hardship, humiliation, lot, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, shock, struggle, waterloo*, woe, wreck, bad fortune, the worst, unluckiness |
| Antonyms: | advantage, blessing, boon, success, victory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | undoing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | destruction, misfortune |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, bad luck, bane, blight, blow, blunder, calamity, casualty, catastrophe, collapse, curse, defeat, destroyer, difficulty, disgrace, doom, downfall, error, failure, fault, faux pas, flaw, fumble, grief, humiliation, last straw*, misadventure, mischance, mishap, misstep, omission, overthrow, overturn, reversal, reverse, ruin, shame, slip, smash, stumble, subversion, trial, trip, trouble, visitation, weakness, wreck, bad omen, miscalculation, ruination |
| Antonyms: | building, creation, doing, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | day of reckoning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | day of God's judgment of the human race |
| Synonyms: | Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, doom, end of the world, Doomsday, Last Judgment, crack of doom, day of doom, trumpet of doom |
| Main Entry: | predetermine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destine |
| Synonyms: | determine, doom, fate, foreordain, predispose, predestine |
| Main Entry: | preordain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | appoint |
| Synonyms: | bless, doom, foreordain, foretell, predetermine, predestine |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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