doom

/duːm/ noun [U]

Definition

› death, destruction, and other unpleasant events that cannot be avoided: a horrible sense of doom

doom and gloom › unhappiness and feeling no hope for the future: Life's not all doom and gloom, you know.

(Definition of doom noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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