English Explanatory Dictionary

doomsday

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times.
  2. Judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.
  3. Any day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse.
  4. Any of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates.
adj
  1. Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.
  2. Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.
  3. Capable of causing widespread or total destruction.

Pronunciation

/ˈduːmz.deɪ/ En-us-doomsday.ogg

Word forms

doomsday doomsdays domesday

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”).

Synonyms

apocalypse Armageddon day of doom end times eschaton Final Judgment judgement day

Derived words

doomsdate doomsday device doomsdayer doomsday fish doomsdayism doomsday plane till doomsday Domesday Book doomsday algorithm doomsday argument doomsday bomb Doomsday Clock doomsday cult doomsday event Doomsday Glacier doomsday machine doomsday method doomsday rule doomsday scenario doomsday weapon
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