doomedness
Certain tragic end
Doomedness is the state of being doomed—fated for disaster, destruction, or failure.
The word emphasizes the inescapable quality of the condition: There was a sense of doomedness about the whole enterprise from the start.
It often carries dramatic or fatalistic overtones, suggesting not just that something will fail but that it was always destined to.
Quality of being unavoidable
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- inescapabilityState of being certain
predetermination · kismet · karma · providence · certitude · inexorability · finality · foregone conclusion
State without hope
- despairTotal absence of hope
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
futility · resignation · gloom · misery · dejection · despondency · forlornness · woe
Destined to fail
- accursedUnder a baleful spell
- blightedHarmed by destructive force
- jinxedAfflicted with misfortune
- hexedPlaced under curse
star-crossed · damned · benighted · snakebitten · bedeviled · malediction · anathema · baneful
Advance sense of future events
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- ominousnessQuality of seeming threatening
- portentSign of future calamity
menace · unease · trepidation · misgiving · creepiness · eeriness · warning signs · dark clouds
inevitability
Quality of being unavoidable
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
inescapability · predetermination · kismet · karma · providence · certitude · inexorability · finality · foregone conclusion · sealed fate
hopelessness
State without hope
- despairTotal absence of hope
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- desolationState of complete emptiness
bleakness · futility · resignation · gloom · misery · dejection · despondency · forlornness · woe · melancholy
ill-fated
Destined to fail
hexed · star-crossed · damned · benighted · snakebitten · bedeviled · malediction · anathema · baneful · godforsaken
premonition
Advance sense of future events
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- ominousnessQuality of seeming threatening
portent · menace · unease · trepidation · misgiving · creepiness · eeriness · warning signs · dark clouds · impending
doomednesshope
Desire for good outcomes
hopefulness · blessedness · salvation · deliverance · redemption
doomednesshope
Desire for good outcomes
hopefulness · chance · possibility · potential · opportunity
doomednesschance
Likelihood of occurrence
possibility · opportunity · openness · potential · freedom
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