DOOMY Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

doomy

adjective

ˈdü-mē

Definition of doomy

as in ominous

being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come the surging doomy music in the background was an unmistakable sign that things would not end well for the movie's hero

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Recent Examples of doomy As the song progresses, more elements—slow-moving filter sweeps, waltzing arpeggios, a deep and doomy bassline—appear and disappear, moving into the fore of the stereo field before corroding and flaking away. — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026 The runner-up, sanewashing, was doomy, but more of a criticism of how the media handled Trump than of Trump himself. — Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025 Guadagnino encourages our doubts, shooting Maggie in exaggerated horror-movie closeups set to the doomy bass notes and shrieking winds of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s score. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025 On the one hand, the music nestled alongside the doomy Goth rock of the Cure and Siouxie and the Banshees. — David Chiu, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for doomy

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Once there, Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf watch as the butterfly approaches the outstretched hand of a woman whose face is obscured, before the ominous presence crushes it in her hands.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Aug. 2026
These fears, while unfounded, were indicative of something much worse—and marked a new, ominous chapter in the whale’s evolving symbolic import.

— Naomi Skwarna, hazlitt.net, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of ominous

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In the more familiar galaxy far, far away, their friends Hera Syndulla, Ezra Bridger, Zeb Orrelios and Chopper must face the powerful Grand Admiral Thrawn and his sinister allies, who seek to plunge the fledgling New Republic into war.

— Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
The clip released last night shows this is a more complex, sinister strategist than Josh Brolin’s crash-bang-boom baddie Thanos from the previous Avengers pics.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026

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