Doomed vs. Fey

Doomed vs. Fey — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Doomed and Fey

Doomedadjective

Certain to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome.

Feyadjective

About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.

Doomedverb

simple past tense and past participle of doom

Feyadjective

(obsolete) Dying; dead.

Doomednoun

people who are destined to die soon;

the agony of the doomed was in his voice

Feyadjective

Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience.

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Doomedadjective

marked for certain death;

the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed

Feyadjective

Overrefined, affected.

Doomedadjective

in danger of the eternal punishment of hell;

poor damned souls

Feyadjective

Strange or otherworldly.

Doomedadjective

marked by or promising bad fortune;

their business venture was doomed from the startan ill-fated business venturean ill-starred romancethe unlucky prisoner was again put in irons

Feyadjective

Spellbound.

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Doomedadjective

(usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate;

doomed to unhappinessfated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination

Feyadjective

Magical or fairylike.

Feynoun

Fairy folk collectively.

Feyadjective

slightly insane

Feyadjective

suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness;

thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightningthe fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday