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Dormlike vs Doomlike - What's the difference?

dormlike | doomlike |

As adjectives the difference between dormlike and doomlike

is that dormlike is resembling a dorm (dormitory) or some aspect of one while doomlike is suggesting doom.

dormlike

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resembling a dorm (dormitory) or some aspect of one.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 7, author=Joyce Cohen, title=Where the Grass Is Greener, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=From left: a one-bedroom apartment at Windsor Court in Murray Hill had a dormlike feel; a house on East 27th Street had tiny rooms and a very low ceiling in the kitchen; the one-bedroom at Windsor Park has no view, but is just a block from Central Park; Christoffer Eriksson and Muge Tuncel Eriksson with Barkley. }}

    doomlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suggesting doom.
  • * 1952 , Herbert Ernest Bates, Love for Lydia?
    • She spoke with a sort of doomlike abandon for which her high, astringent voice was not fitted. "It's done now. Whether anybody likes it or not. ...