doomsday

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
  2. noun an unpleasant or disastrous destiny

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

Judgment Day, Judgement Day, Day of Judgment, Day of Judgement, Last Judgment, Last Judgement, Last Day, eschaton, day of reckoning, crack of doom, end of the world

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