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doomsday

/ˈduːmz.deɪ/

Rhymes with -uːmzdeɪ

Where it comes from

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

noun doomsdays · domesday

countable, uncountable The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times.
Judaism, capitalized, countable, sometimes, uncountable Judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.
countable, uncountable Any day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse.
countable, uncountable Any of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates.

adjective domesday

not comparable Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.
not comparable 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."
not comparable Capable of causing widespread or total destruction.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: last judgment, judgment day, last judgement, last day, judgement day, doom, judgment, disaster, catastrophe, catastrophic, resurrection, easter, disasters, domesday, doomsdate, doomsday event

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noun day when God is expected to judge the world

Español	día del Juicio Final, apocalipsis, armagedón
日本語	ドームズデー dōmuzudē, 終わりの時 owari no toki
中文	末日 mòrì, 世界末日 shìjiè mòrì
हिन्दी	क़यामत qayāmat
Português	dia do Juízo Final
Français	jour du Jugement dernier, jugement dernier
Deutsch	Tag des Jüngsten Gerichts, Jüngster Tag, Jüngstes Gericht
Italiano	giorno del giudizio universale, giudizio universale
Ελληνικά	ημέρα της Κρίσεως iméra tis Kríseos, Δευτέρα Παρουσία Deftéra Parousía
Русский	су́дный день súdnyj denʹ, день стра́шного суда́ denʹ strášnovo sudá, коне́ц све́та konéc svéta
Tiếng Việt	ngày tận thế
العربية	يَوْم الْقِيَامَة yawm al-qiyāma, يَوْم الْحِسَاب yawm al-ḥisāb
עברית	יוֹם הַדִּין yom ha'din

noun any day of decisive judgement

हिन्दी	क़यामत qayāmat
Deutsch	Tag des Jüngsten Gerichts
Русский	су́дный день súdnyj denʹ

adj Translations

Español	apocalíptico
Deutsch	Untergangs-, apokalyptisch, Endzeit-

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@misc{doomsday_2026,
  title = {doomsday},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/doomsday},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}