Meanings
plural doomsdays · alternative obsolete domesday
- JudaismcapitalizedcountablesometimesuncountableChristianityJudgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.
- countableuncountableAny day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse.
- countableuncountableAny of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates.
alternative obsolete domesday
- not comparableConcerned with or predicting future universal destruction.
- not comparableGiven to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.
The Sages chose to end the haftarah with this message of hope, in contrast to the episode's last verse with its doomsday warning that "if you persist in your wrongdoing, both you and your king shall be swept away."
2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 867 - not comparableCapable of causing widespread or total destruction.
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
noun(New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
nounan unpleasant or disastrous destiny
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishdom“judgment”
- Middle Englishdomes
- Englishdoomsday
From Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”). Equivalent to doom + -s- + day. Compare Old Norse dómsdagr (“judgement day, doomsday”).
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Arabic يَوْم الْقِيَامَة, يَوْم الْحِسَاب
- يَوْم الْقِيَامَة (yawm al-qiyāma)day when God is expected to judge the world
- يَوْم الْحِسَاب (yawm al-ḥisāb)day when God is expected to judge the world
Bengali কেয়ামত
- কেয়ামত (keẏamot)day when God is expected to judge the world
Bulgarian стра́шен съд, съ́ден ден
- стра́шен съд (strášen săd)day when God is expected to judge the world
- съ́ден ден (sắden den)day when God is expected to judge the world
Catalan Judici Final
- Judici Finalday when God is expected to judge the world
Chinese Mandarin 末日, 世界末日
- 末日 (mòrì)day when God is expected to judge the world
- 世界末日 (shìjiè mòrì)day when God is expected to judge the world
Czech soudný den
- soudný denday when God is expected to judge the world
Danish dommedag, dommedag
- dommedagday when God is expected to judge the world
- dommedagany day of decisive judgement
Estonian viimnepäev
- viimnepäevday when God is expected to judge the world
Finnish tuomiopäivä, tuomiopäivä
- tuomiopäiväday when God is expected to judge the world
- tuomiopäiväany day of decisive judgement
French jour du Jugement dernier, jugement dernier
- jour du Jugement dernierday when God is expected to judge the world
- jugement dernierday when God is expected to judge the world
German Tag des Jüngsten Gerichts, Jüngster Tag
- Tag des Jüngsten Gerichtsday when God is expected to judge the world
- Jüngster Tagday when God is expected to judge the world
- Jüngstes Gerichtday when God is expected to judge the world
- Tag des Jüngsten Gerichtsany day of decisive judgement
- Untergangs-Translations
- apokalyptischTranslations
- Endzeit-Translations
Greek ημέρα της Κρίσεως, Δευτέρα Παρουσία
- ημέρα της Κρίσεως (iméra tis Kríseos)day when God is expected to judge the world
- Δευτέρα Παρουσία (Deftéra Parousía)day when God is expected to judge the world
Hebrew יוֹם הַדִּין
- יוֹם הַדִּין (yom ha'din)day when God is expected to judge the world
Hindi क़यामत, क़यामत
- क़यामत (qayāmat)day when God is expected to judge the world
- क़यामत (qayāmat)any day of decisive judgement
Hungarian végítélet, utolsó ítélet
- végítéletday when God is expected to judge the world
- utolsó ítéletday when God is expected to judge the world
Indonesian hari kiamat
- hari kiamatday when God is expected to judge the world
Italian giorno del giudizio universale, giudizio universale
- giorno del giudizio universaleday when God is expected to judge the world
- giudizio universaleday when God is expected to judge the world
Japanese ドームズデー, 終わりの時
- ドームズデー (dōmuzudē)day when God is expected to judge the world
- 終わりの時 (owari no toki)day when God is expected to judge the world
Norwegian Bokmål dommedag, dommedag
- dommedagday when God is expected to judge the world
- dommedagany day of decisive judgement
Persian روز حساب
- روز حساب (ruz-e hesâb)day when God is expected to judge the world
Polish Dzień Sądu Ostatecznego, sąd ostateczny
- Dzień Sądu Ostatecznegoday when God is expected to judge the world
- sąd ostatecznyday when God is expected to judge the world
Portuguese dia do Juízo Final
- dia do Juízo Finalday when God is expected to judge the world
Russian су́дный день, день стра́шного суда́
- су́дный день (súdnyj denʹ)day when God is expected to judge the world
- день стра́шного суда́ (denʹ strášnovo sudá)day when God is expected to judge the world
- коне́ц све́та (konéc svéta)day when God is expected to judge the world
- су́дный день (súdnyj denʹ)any day of decisive judgement
Slovak súdny deň
- súdny deňday when God is expected to judge the world
Spanish día del Juicio Final, apocalipsis
- día del Juicio Finalday when God is expected to judge the world
- apocalipsisday when God is expected to judge the world
- armagedónday when God is expected to judge the world
- apocalípticoTranslations
Swedish domedag
- domedagday when God is expected to judge the world
Tamil ஊழிநாள்
- ஊழிநாள் (ūḻināḷ)day when God is expected to judge the world
Turkish kıyamet günü
- kıyamet günüday when God is expected to judge the world
Ukrainian су́дний день, страшни́й суд
- су́дний день (súdnyj denʹ)day when God is expected to judge the world
- страшни́й суд (strašnýj sud)day when God is expected to judge the world
Urdu قیامت, قیامت
- قیامت (qayāmat)day when God is expected to judge the world
- قیامت (qayāmat)any day of decisive judgement
Vietnamese ngày tận thế
- ngày tận thếday when God is expected to judge the world
Cite this entry
doomsday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doomsday
“doomsday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doomsday. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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