gloom-and-doom

gloom-and-doom

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  • gloom and doom — gloom and doom, adj. gloom and doomer, n. an account or prediction of adversity, esp. in economic or business affairs; bad news: a trade journal full of gloom and doom about next year s trends. * * * see doom * * * ˌdoom and ˈgloom | ˌgloom and… …   Useful english dictionary

  • gloom and doom — gloom and doom, adj. gloom and doomer, n. an account or prediction of adversity, esp. in economic or business affairs; bad news: a trade journal full of gloom and doom about next year s trends. * * * …   Universalium

  • gloom and doom — the feeling that a situation is bad and is not likely to improve. There s been so much gloom and doom here, I think we should try to provide a smile …   New idioms dictionary

  • gloom-and-doom — /ˈglum ən dum/ (say gloohm uhn doohm) adjective of an exaggeratedly pessimistic nature. Also, gloom and doom …  

  • doom and gloom — phrase a feeling that a situation is very bad and without hope Despite all the doom and gloom in the City, there are still some bright spots in the stock market. Thesaurus: hopelessnesssynonym Main entry: doom * * * (also …   Useful english dictionary

  • Doom Patrol — The Doom Patrol. (From left to right: Vox, Beast Boy, Bumblebee (flying), Negative Man, Elasti Girl, The Chief (seated), Robotman) from Teen Titans vol. 3, #35 (June 2006). Art by …   Wikipedia

  • doom — doom1 [du:m] v [T usually passive] to make someone or something certain to fail, die, be destroyed etc be doomed to failure/defeat/extinction etc ▪ Many species are doomed to extinction. ▪ The plan was doomed from the start . be doomed to do sth… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • doom — [[t]du͟ːm[/t]] dooms, dooming, doomed 1) N UNCOUNT Doom is a terrible future state or event which you cannot prevent. ...his warnings of impending doom. ...a wicked mermaid who lured sailors to their doom. Syn: fate 2) N UNCOUNT If you have a… …   English dictionary

  • gloom — noun 1 sadness ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ She was in a deep gloom because not even a postcard had arrived from Ricky. ▪ general (esp. BrE) ▪ economic ▪ the general economic …   Collocations dictionary

  • doom — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ impending ▪ certain VERB + DOOM ▪ spell ▪ Fuel shortages spelled the doom of such huge gas guzzling cars. PHRASES …   Collocations dictionary

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