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doomsday

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dooms·day  (dmzd)
n.
Judgment Day.
Idiom:
til/until doomsday
For all time; forever.

[Middle English domesday, from Old English dmes dæg : dmes, genitive of dm, judgment; see doom + dæg, day; see day.]

doomsday or domesday
Noun
1. the day on which the Last Judgment will occur
2. any dreaded day [Old English dōmes dæg Judgment Day]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.doomsdaydoomsday - (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible
day - some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual"
2.doomsdaydoomsday - an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world"
destiny, fate - an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
Translations
doomsday [ˈduːmzdeɪ] ndía m del juicio final
doomsday [ˈduːmzdeɪ] nle Jugement dernier
doomsday [ˈduːmzdeɪ] doom nder Jüngste Tag
doomsday [ˈduːmzdeɪ] nil giorno del Giudizio


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Suddenly he realised that what he did was a matter of complete indifference to her; he could go on in that way till doomsday, and it would have no effect.
The young ladies had announced their intention of sitting in the fly until they were allowed speech with their late host; to which he had replied that they were welcome to sit there until doomsday so long as they remained outside his gates.
We said WE meant to have a church, if the men meant to quarrel till doomsday, and we were tired of being a laughing-stock for the Methodists.
 
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