What is another word for was doomed?

Pronunciation: [wɒz dˈuːmd] (IPA)

There are many synonyms that can be used in place of the phrase "was doomed". Some options include "fated", "predestined", "condemned", "destined", "prescribed", "marked", "ruined", "cursed", "doomed to fail", "destined to fall", "preordained", and "foreordained". All of these terms suggest a sense of inevitability and a lack of control over the outcome. Whether referring to a person, a group, a project, or a plan, the use of these synonyms implies a sense of finality, as if the outcome has already been determined and nothing can be done to change it.

What are the hypernyms for Was doomed?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Was doomed

  • I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.
    Michael Palin
  • We started shooting, and then Jodie found out she was pregnant. Forest broke it to me - he'd gone to work and heard it on the radio! It seemed like the movie was doomed. But, like these characters, there was a disregard for all the signs along the way.
    Dwight Yoakam
  • I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of myself as a person who was born to a writer, who was doomed to be a writer.
    Marguerite Young
  • O poor heart, I was doomed from the start, Doomed to play the villian's part, I was the baddest Johnny in the apple cart, My blood was blacker than the chambers of a dead nun's heart.
    Nick Cave
  • Objectivism is a philosophical movement; since politics is a branch of philosophy, Objectivism advocates certain political principles — specifically, those of laissez-faire capitalism — as the consequence and the ultimate practical application of its fundamental philosophical principles. It does not regard politics as a separate or primary goal, that is: as a goal that can be achieved without a wider ideological context. . . . Objectivists are not "conservatives." We are radicals for capitalism; we are fighting for that philosophical base which capitalism did not have and without which it was doomed to perish.
    Ayn Rand

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