Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Doomsday \Dooms"day`\, n. [AS. d?mes d[=a]g. See {Doom}, and
{Day}.]
1. A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. ``My
body's doomsday.'' --Shak.
2. The day of the final judgment.
I could not tell till doomsday. --Chaucer.
{Doomsday Book}. See {Domesday Book}.
Source : WordNet®
Doomsday
n 1: (New Testament) day of the Last Judgment when God will
decree the fates of all men according to the good and
evil of their earthly lives [syn: {Judgment Day}, {Judgement
Day}, {Day of Judgment}, {Day of Judgement}, {Last
Judgment}, {Last Judgement}, {Last Day}, {day of
reckoning}, {crack of doom}, {end of the world}]
2: an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of
the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it";
"that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world"
[syn: {doom}, {day of reckoning}, {end of the world}]