Doomsday

Quick meaning: Doomsday is a noun meaning The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times.

Meaning

The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times.

More Meanings

1. Any day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse.
2. Any of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates.
3. Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.
4. Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.
5. Capable of causing widespread or total destruction.
6. (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, sometimes capitalized) Judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.

Example Sentences

The Sages chose to end the haftarah with this message of hope, in contrast to the episode's last verse with its doomsday warning that "if you persist in your wrongdoing, both you and your king shall be swept away."

Word Forms

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Synonyms for doomsday

Depending on context, synonyms include apocalypse, Armageddon, eschaton, doom.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include doom, judgment, disaster, catastrophe, catastrophic, resurrection.

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