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doomlike

doomlike adjective: suggesting doom.

Adjective

doomlike (comparative more doomlike, superlative most doomlike)

  1. Suggesting doom.
    • She spoke with a sort of doomlike abandon for which her high, astringent voice was not fitted. "It's done now. Whether anybody likes it or not. ...1952, Herbert Ernest Bates, Love for Lydia

Forms of doomlike

comparativemore doomlike
superlativemost doomlike

Origin of doomlike

From doom + -like.

Questions about doomlike

What does doomlike mean?
Doomlike means suggesting doom.
What part of speech is doomlike?
Doomlike is an adjective.

Words near doomlike in the dictionary

  1. doomjobber
  2. doomjobbers
  3. doomjobbing
  4. doomless
  5. doomlessness
  6. doomlike
  7. doompost
  8. doomposted
  9. doomposting
  10. doomposts
  11. dooms

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