Past tense of doom
regular verb
The past tense of doom is doomed. The past participle is also doomed.
Forms of doom
| Base form (V1) | doom /duːm/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | doomed /duːmd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | doomed /duːmd/ |
| Present participle | dooming /ˈduːmɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | dooms /duːmz/ |
Doomed in a sentence
- a criminal doomed to death
- If we fail to absorb the lessons of history, we are doomed to repeat them.From the entry absorb
- Lying, hiding one's true feelings, and having affairs are typical symptoms of a doomed marriage.From the entry symptom
- The doomed lovers must have been born under an unhappy star.From the entry unhappy
- All our fears have come to pass: we are doomed but have nothing left to fear.From the entry fears
Meaning of doom
- noun Destiny, especially terrible.
- noun An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
- noun Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.
Questions about the past tense of doom
- What is the past tense of doom?
- The past tense of doom is doomed.
- What is the past participle of doom?
- The past participle of doom is doomed.
- Is doom a regular or irregular verb?
- Doom is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: doom (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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