🇬🇧 Doom meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Doom is a very serious word that means a terrible ending or a disaster that seems certain to happen and cannot be stopped, like when a story says everything is heading toward big trouble.

I felt the doom of vegetables approaching when I heard the microwave beep and Mom yell, “Broccoli time!”

I sensed doom when my little sister walked into my room holding scissors, glitter, and my favorite hoodie.

Our dog looked at the bathtub like it was a pool of bubbly doom specially invented to wet his soul.

As soon as the teacher said, “Pop quiz,” the whole class could smell the doom in the air like burned popcorn.

In ancient stories, people believed in prophecies of doom that predicted the end of the world—today, kids just call that “when the Wi‑Fi goes out.”

The village saw doom coming: a black cloud like an old ship. Children pointed at doom, mothers hugged, men tried to pray, but doom rolled closer, heavy as stone. Someone rang the bell, crying doom, and even the dog whimpered at doom. When lightning hit the hill, the villagers cried, then stood together, accepting doom with calm hands.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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