Foredoom

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈfɔːduːm/ (noun), IPA: /fɔːˈduːm/ (verb)

Origin

From - + doom. Compare foredeem.

Full definition of foredoom

Noun

1. A doom that is predicted; destiny.

Verb

1. (transitive) To predestine to a doom.
• DrydenThou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state.
• 1922 , Edgar Rice Burroughs , The Chessmen of Mars , To search for Tara of Helium in the vast, dim labyrinth of the pits of O-Tar seemed to the Gatholian a hopeless quest, foredoomed to failure.
• 1932 , Duff Cooper , Talleyrand , They appeared, upon the surface, to possess all the qualities which were likely to recommend them to the fashionable society of the day; but their mission was foredoomed to failure.

Related terms

• foredeem