doomsday

noun

dooms·​day ˈdümz-ˌdā 

often attributive

1

: a day of final judgment

2

: a time of catastrophic destruction and death

Examples of doomsday in a Sentence

a warning that doomsday is near

The book explores a doomsday scenario in which an asteroid hits the Earth.

Recent Examples on the Web

For within weeks of the book’s publication, Hopkins and two other researchers confounded mathematicians by announcing that Snaith’s warning to readers had been all too apt: The doomsday hypothesis was true. —Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 5 May 2025

However, Israel reserves these strategic missiles for a doomsday scenario involving the use of its undeclared nuclear weapons rather than for conventional strikes and wars. —Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025

As the boos began to rain down in the third period of Game 5, the Leafs doomsday clock ticked a few seconds closer to midnight. —Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025

Stanford Research Park, however, has defied the doomsday trends. —Mark Dent, HubSpot, 25 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing doomsday

• doomsday machine
• from now until doomsday

Rhymes for doomsday

• airway
• allay
• archway
• array
• ashtray
• astray
• aue
• away
• ballet
• belay
• beltway
• beret

Kids Definition

doomsday

noun

dooms·​day ˈdümz-ˌdā 

: judgment day