foredoom — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A doom that is predicted; destiny.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   kismetweird

   Broader terms

   doom

Verb

1. To predestine to a doom.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Related words

   foredeem

   Examples

   Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state.

   More examples (1)

   [W]hen to the inherent difficulties of so delicate and nice a social operation were added the spite and hate of conflict, the hell of war; when suspicion and cruelty were rife, and gaunt Hunger wept beside Bereavement,—in such a case, the work of any instrument of social regeneration was in large part foredoomed to failure.

   [O]ne feels that no community can really be as purged of peccant humours as the typical American has for the most part found itself foredoomed to look.

   More examples (2)

   To search for Tara of Helium in the vast, dim labyrinth of the pits of O-Tar seemed to the Gatholian a hopeless quest, foredoomed to failure.

   They appeared, upon the surface, to possess all the qualities which were likely to recommend them to the fashionable society of the day; but their mission was foredoomed to failure.

Verb

1. doom beforehand

   Broader terms

   sentencecondemndoom