Synonyms for doomsday


Grammar : Noun
Spell : doomz-dey
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdumzˌdeɪ

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Définition of doomsday

Origin :
  • Old English domes dæg, from domes, genitive of dom (see doom (n.)) + dæg "day" (see day (n.)).
  • In medieval England it was expected when the world's age reached 6,000 years from creation, which was thought to have been in 5200 B.C. Bede, c.720, complained of being pestered by rustici asking him how many years till the sixth millennium ended. There is no evidence for a general panic in the year 1000 C.E. Doomsday machine "bomb powerful enough to wipe out human life on earth" is from 1960.
  • As in Day of Judgment : noun day of god's judgment of the human race
  • As in day of reckoning : noun day of god's judgment of the human race
  • As in Judgment Day : noun day of reckoning
Example sentences :
  • Don't forget that I'm to be your second—on doomsday morning, cousin.
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
  • Pages 20 and 34: Changed "doomsday" and "dooms-day" to "Dooms-day" for consistency.
  • Extract from : « Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg » by Anonymous
  • Her record of badnesses occupies pages in the Doomsday Book.
  • Extract from : « Dear Enemy » by Jean Webster
  • You will never know all that it implies, never, never, though I talk till Doomsday.
  • Extract from : « The Daughters of Danaus » by Mona Caird
  • We are virtually where we were originally; and we can talk, talk, talk from now until the clap of doomsday.
  • Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall
  • The reaction of 1848 must have come upon the professors like doomsday.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 403, May, 1849 » by Various
  • But men were like that, and you might talk to them till Doomsday.
  • Extract from : « It Never Can Happen Again » by William De Morgan
  • Whether these be sins or virtues old Nobodaddy will tell us at doomsday leet.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • So that we do not deeply regret our improvidence at doomsday.
  • Extract from : « Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes » by Various
  • It is supposed to have stood on the site of a vineyard mentioned in Doomsday Book.
  • Extract from : « Haunted London » by Walter Thornbury

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