doomed

doom  (dm)

n.

1. Inevitable destruction or ruin.

2. Fate, especially a tragic or ruinous one.

3. A decision or judgment, especially an official condemnation to a severe penalty.

4. Judgment Day.

5. A statute or ordinance, especially one in force in Anglo-Saxon England.

tr.v. doomed, doom·ing, dooms

1. To condemn to ruination or death. See Synonyms at condemn.

2. To destine to an unhappy end.

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[Middle English dom, from Old English dm, judgment; see dh- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	doomed - people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice" lost people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
Adj.	1.	doomed - marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed" dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"
	2.	doomed - in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls" unredeemed, unsaved, cursed, damned Christian religion, Christianity - a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior lost - spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon"
	3.	doomed - marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"
	4.	doomed - (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination" fated sure, certain - certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win"

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doomed

adjective hopeless, condemned, ill-fated, fated, unhappy, unfortunate, cursed, unlucky, blighted, hapless, bedevilled, luckless, ill-starred, star-crossed, ill-omened a doomed attempt to rescue the children

Translations

doomed [ˈduːmd]

adj

(= hopeless) [project, enterprise] → voué(e) à l'échec; [attempt] → voué(e) à l'échec
to be doomed from the start → être voué(e) à l'échec dès le début

(= sure) to be doomed to failure (= sure to fail) → être voué(e) à l'échec
to be doomed to do sth → être condamné(e) à faire qch