doomsday

Meanings

Noun

• The day when God is expected to judge the world; end times.
• judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.

Adjective

• Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.
• Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.
• Capable of causing widespread or total destruction.

Related

Similar words

• apocalypse
• Armageddon
• end times
• Final Judgment
• judgement day

Origin

• From Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom ("judgment") + dæg. Equivalent to doom + -s-. Possibly influenced by Latin domus dei.