Verhängnis — meaning in English

English meaning

• doom noun A terrible fate that seems certain and impossible to avoid, especially death or destruction.
• undoing noun The cause of someone's failure or ruin.

Senses

Verhängnis is used for these senses in English:

• doom Destiny, especially terrible.
• undoing Ruin; defeat, (also) that which causes defeat or ruin.

doom — full definition

1. noun A terrible fate that seems certain and impossible to avoid, especially death or destruction.
2. verb To condemn someone or something to a certain, usually terrible, fate.

undoing — full definition

1. noun The cause of someone's failure or ruin.
2. noun The act of loosening or unfastening something.

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