The Clue
Snared by Scylla (6 letter answer)
The Answer
DOOMED
Tags
Notes
The answer DOOMED is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 800 puzzles.
Related Clues
Accursed
Condemned
Fated
Predestined
Fated for ruin
Going to hell
Heading to the finish?
Ill-fated
Like a goner
Star-crossed
Sure to fail
On the way to oblivion
Destined to a sad fate
Heading to a bad end
" ___ like Odysseus . . . ": Yeats
Definition
DOOMED as a noun:
1. (doomed, lost) = people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice"
DOOM as a verb:
1. (destine, fate, doom, designate) = decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"
2. (sentence, condemn, doom) = pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
3. make certain of the failure or destruction of; "This decision will doom me to lose my position"
DOOMED as an adjective:
1. marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed"
2. (cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved) = in danger of the eternal punishment of hell; "poor damned souls"
3. (doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky) = marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott
4. (doomed, fated) = (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination"