to foredoom

Examples

• All

• It was foredoomed to failure.

  Cinderella (1950)

• That accomplished young man was foredoomed to a friendless existence.

  Fiction book (1990)

• William's boyfriends were a series of obsessions, usually more or less foredoomed.

  William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)

• Certainly, given the innate complexity of writing as a social and cognitive skill, the quest for a single, one-pedagogy-fits-all model seems foredoomed to failure.

  Academic text (1995)

• But I see this as a kind of metaphor, a living example of the country's dilemma, the reason why the Arab Revolution was always foredoomed to failure, at least in its wilder expectations.

  Blog text (26)

• In conclusion, shame on legislators and O'Malley for having put a seemingly foredoomed slot-parlor plan before the electorate back in '08.

  Blog text (24)

• After reviewing the evidence, the scientists concluded that the experiment was foredoomed from the start.

• His refusal to listen to advice foredoomed the project before it even began.

Synonyms

D

to doom

vsto foredoom

113 5.8

Cause something to fail or be ruined

is a prior condemnation that stresses early judgement rather than the later result

P

to predetermine

vsto foredoom

23 5.8

Decide or make a result likely before it happens

adds a condemning negative fate element to that neutral prior decision

P

to preordain

vsto foredoom

8 8.8

To decide or arrange something before it happens, often by fate

is focused on advance condemnation rather than neutral divine determination

P

to predestine

vsto foredoom

6 9.2

To decide in advance, often by fate or God's will

is a negative prior condemnation instead of general divine decision

F

to foreordain

vsto foredoom

• Formal

1 9.9

Decide before it happens, often by a higher power

is specifically condemning in advance not merely divine predecision

P

to predestinate

vsto foredoom

• Formal

1 9.9

Decide in advance that something will happen, often by fate or God

is a prior condemnation rather than a neutral divinely ordered act

Antonyms

E

to empower

157 4.2

Give someone the power and confidence to do something

L

to liberate

104 4.3

Set someone free from prison or unfair control

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology