doomy

English

Etymology

From doom +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈduːmi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːmi

Adjective

doomy (comparative doomier, superlative doomiest)

1. Filled with doom and gloom: depressing or pessimistic
   • 1988 November 4, Franklin Soults, “Sonic Youth”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 1995, Isabel Fonseca, Bury Me Standing, Vintage, published 2007, page 29:

     Those children playing didn't look like doomy little criminals, once you knew their names.

   • 7 December 2021, Jesse Hassenger, “Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence cope with disaster in the despairing satire Don’t Look Up”, in AV Club‎^[2]:

     What makes Don’t Look Up such a movie of the moment also makes it less of a functional movie at all, and more of a cranky, doomy, occasionally funny headspace.

Derived terms

• doomily
• doominess

 

Translations

depressing and presimistic

• Azerbaijani: düşkün (az)
• Russian: упа́днический (ru) (upádničeskij)

Anagrams

• Moody, moody