Meaning of doomy | Babel Free

Definitions

Filled with doom and gloom: depressing or pessimistic

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Examples

“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.”

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

“To get⟳ doomier still, there’s also the pertinent question⟳ of whether, given current ecological speculation, the human race⟳ will even survive⟳ beyond the next century or so – an uncertainty which makes applying one’s imagination to a 22nd or 23rd Century rather academic.”

“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.”

“The opposite of an escapist blockbuster, the eighth and apparently final outing for Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt is the doomiest and gloomiest yet in the action-adventure franchise.”

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