DOOM

Meaning

Destiny, especially terrible.

Etymology

Origin: Old English

From Middle English doom, dom, from Old English dōm (“judgement”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōm, from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos. Cognates Compare Dutch doem (“condemnation, doom; judgement”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish dom (“judgement”), Faroese and Icelandic dómur (“judgement”), Gothic 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐍃 (dōms, “insight, judgement”); also Ancient Greek θωμός (thōmós, “heap”), Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian ду́ма (dúma, “thought”), Polish duma (“pride”). Doublet of duma. See also deem.

Synonyms & Antonyms

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 22 recorded puzzles:

• 2026-06-30OADHMNW
• 2026-02-05ODNIHTM
• 2025-11-13OANMDIC
• 2025-06-14OUDTHEM
• 2025-04-09OARLDMU
• 2025-03-22MDONLIG
• 2025-01-11DUPMORA
• 2024-11-05MACDIOT
• 2024-10-11MTAORND
• 2024-09-30MDXONIE
• 2024-08-28ODNIEMZ
• 2024-08-05MTCPEDO

+10 earlier appearances in the archive.