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doomy

/ˈduːmi/

doomy adjective: filled with doom and gloom: depressing or pessimistic.

Adjective

doomy (comparative doomier, superlative doomiest)

  1. Filled with doom and gloom: depressing or pessimistic
    • Their big hit at the time was "Death Valley '69," a typical droney, doomy replay of the Manson murders that was about as illuminating as your average TV mini series.1988 November 4, Franklin Soults, “Sonic Youth”, in Chicago Reader
    • Those children playing didn't look like doomy little criminals, once you knew their names.1995, Isabel Fonseca, Bury Me Standing, Vintage, published 2007, page 29

Forms of doomy

comparativedoomier
superlativedoomiest

Origin of doomy

From doom + -y.

Words formed from doomy

Words that rhyme with doomy

5 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about doomy

What does doomy mean?
Doomy means filled with doom and gloom: depressing or pessimistic.
What part of speech is doomy?
Doomy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce doomy?
Doomy is pronounced /ˈduːmi/ (UK).

Words near doomy in the dictionary

  1. doomtards
  2. doomward
  3. doomwatch
  4. doomwatcher
  5. doomwatchers
  6. doomy
  7. doomy and gloomy
  8. doon
  9. Doon Doon
  10. doona
  11. doona day

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