doomsday meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

doomsday

noun

/ˈduːmz.deɪ/

Etymology From Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”). Equivalent to doom + -s- + day. Compare Old Norse dómsdagr (“judgement day, doomsday”).

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

Christianity, Islam, Lifestyle, Religion Judaism, Capitalized, Sometimes Judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.

Any day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse.

Any of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates.

Synonyms: apocalypse, Armageddon, day of doom, end times, eschaton, Final Judgment, judgement day
Derived terms: doomsdate, doomsday device, doomsdayer, doomsday fish, doomsdayism, doomsday plane, till doomsday

doomsday

adj

Etymology From Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”). Equivalent to doom + -s- + day. Compare Old Norse dómsdagr (“judgement day, doomsday”).

Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.

Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.

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."2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 867:

Capable of causing widespread or total destruction.

Derived terms: Domesday Book, doomsday algorithm, doomsday argument, doomsday bomb, Doomsday Clock, doomsday cult, doomsday event, Doomsday Glacier, doomsday machine, doomsday method, doomsday rule, doomsday scenario, doomsday weapon