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| done for |
(informal) dying or dead; doomed. [1/2 definitions] |
| fatality |
the quality or state of being doomed to death or disaster. [1/4 definitions] |
| fey |
(chiefly Scottish) fated to die soon; doomed. [1/3 definitions] |
| fey Scot |
a Scotsman who is doomed or fated to die; used in reference to the character of Macbeth in Shakespeare's play. |
| goner |
(informal) someone or something that is lost, ruined, doomed, or dead. |
| ill-fated |
fated to come to a bad end; doomed. [1/2 definitions] |
| lost |
ruined or doomed. [1/6 definitions] |
| perdition |
the destination of doomed souls; hell. [1/3 definitions] |
| Sisyphus |
in Greek mythology, a king of Corinth who chained Death when he came for him, and was doomed forever in Hades to roll a heavy stone uphill, only to have it roll down again. |
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