Dictionary Definition
Doomsday
Noun
1 (New Testament) day of the Last Judgment when
God will decree the fates of all men according to the good and evil
of their earthly lives [syn: Judgment
Day, Judgement
Day, Day of
Judgment, Day of
Judgement, Last
Judgment, Last
Judgement, Last Day,
day of
reckoning, crack of
doom, end of
the world]
2 an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone
was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it";
"that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world" [syn:
doom, day of
reckoning, end of
the world]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
/"du:mzdeI/ dooms·dayAdjective
- Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction; the doomsday issue of all-out nuclear war.
- Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.
- Capable of causing widespread or total destruction; doomsday weapon.
Noun
- The day when God is expected to judge the world, at the end of the world; the Day of Judgement; the day of the Last Judgment.
- Any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.
Translations
day when God is expected to judge the world
- Czech: soudný den
- Finnish: tuomiopäivä
- German: Tag des jüngsten Gerichts
- Hebrew: יום הדין (yom ha'dyn)
- Russian: судный день (súdnyj d'en')
- Spanish: día del Juicio Final
any day of decisive judgement
- Finnish: tuomiopäivä
- German: Tag des jüngsten Gerichts
- Russian: судный день (súdnyj d'en')
- ttbc French: jour du Jugement dernier (1-3)
- ttbc Icelandic: Dómsdagur
Derived terms
Synonyms
Extensive Definition
Doomsday or Doom's Day may refer to:
Eschatology
- Armageddon, the final battle between God and Satan in the Christian New Testament
- Doomsday event, an event with an exceptionally destructive effect on the human race
- End times, a prophesied time of tribulation that would precede the Second Coming of the Messiah in Abrahamic religions
- Judgement day, the judgment by Jesus Christ of every human who ever lived in Christian eschatology
Fiction
- Doomsday (comics), a DC comic book character
- Doom's Day, a fictional Latverian holiday in the Marvel Universe
- Doomsday (novel), a 1927 novel by Warwick Deeping
Film
- Doomsday (film), a 2008 British film by Neil Marshall
- Superman: Doomsday, a 2007 direct-to-video animated film
Gaming
- Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday, a stand-alone expansion for the game Hearts of Iron II
- Doomsday Engine, a source port for Doom
- The Doomsday Zone, a level in Sonic & Knuckles
- Doomsday, the final boss in Keitai Denjū Telefang
Music
- Doomsday (band), a heavy metal band from California
- "Doomsday" (Atreyu song), a song by Atreyu
- "Doomsday", a song by Overseer from the album Wreckage
- Doomsday: Back and Forth Series 5: Live in Dresden, an album by Skinny Puppy
- Doomsday (album), an album by Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.
- Operation: Doomsday, an album by MF DOOM
- "Doomsday Clock" (song), a song by Smashing Pumpkins
- Doomsday Machine (album), an album by Arch Enemy
Television
- "Doomsday" (Doctor Who), an episode of Doctor Who
- "Doomsday" (Fantastic Four), an episode of Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
- "Doomsday" (Power Rangers), a two-part episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- "Doomsday" (War of the Worlds), an episode of War of the Worlds
See also
- Eschatology, the study of end times
- Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth
- Doomsday event
- Doomsday argument
- Doomsday cult
- Doomsday rule
- Doomsday Clock
- Doctor Doomsday, a supervillain in the Amalgam Comics world
- The Doomsday Scenario, a series of Judge Dredd stories published in 2000
- "The Doomsday Machine" (Star Trek), an episode of Star Trek
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