doom


– noun
1. fate or destiny, esp. adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune.
2. ruin; death.
3. a judgment, decision, or sentence, esp. an unfavorable one.
4. the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.
5. a statute, enactment, or legal judgment.
– verb
6. to destine, esp. to an adverse fate.
7. to pronounce judgment against; condemn.
8. to ordain or fix as a sentence or fate.

im·pre·cate


– verb
1. to invoke or call down evil or curses, as upon a person.

ap·o·tro·pa·ism


– noun
1. the use of magic and ritualistic ceremony to anticipate and prevent evil.

Moi·rae


- noun
1. any of the three Greek goddesses of fate or destiny.

Clo·tho


– noun
1. the Fate who spins the thread of life.

Lach·e·sis


– noun
1. the Fate who determines the length of the thread of life.

At·ro·pos


- noun
1. the Fate who cuts the thread of destiny.

fu·ry


– noun
1. unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like.
2. violence; vehemence; fierceness.
3. a fierce and violent person, esp. a woman.
4. Furies, female divinities: the daughters of Gaea who punished crimes at the instigation of the victims.

E·rin·y·es


- noun
1. the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals.
2. an avenging deity; conscience personified.
3. "the Furies."

Eu·men·i·des


– noun
1. a euphemistic name for the Furies.
2. “the Kindly Ones.”