DOOMs

Dooms is the plural form of doom, a noun that denotes imminent ruin, judgment, or fate. In common usage, dooms refers to multiple impending catastrophes or to the broader concept of unavoidable or foreordained destruction. The term can describe natural disasters, warfare, existential threats, or any situation perceived as an impending end. In religious or mythological contexts, dooms is associated with divine judgment and eschatological events, including the idea of an ultimate end of the world. In secular discourse, it is often employed rhetorically to emphasise seriousness or forewarning.

Etymology and historical usage show that doom originated in Old English as dom, meaning judgment, law, or fate. Over time, its sense expanded to include destruction and ruin, and the word entered a more apocalyptic register in religious and literary writings. The plural dooms is relatively rare in modern English and is most likely to appear in stylized, archaic, or poetic prose rather than everyday speech. When used, it typically signals a discussion of multiple potential or perceived ends rather than a single event.

In contemporary contexts, doom frequently appears in discussions of risk assessment, climate threats, geopolitical instability, and speculative fiction. It also forms part of related expressions such as doomsday, which denotes the day of reckoning or the world’s end, and is related to broader themes of fate, judgment, and apocalypse. See also doom, doomsday, fate, judgment, apocalypse.