doomscroll

ˈduːmˌskroʊl

Definition

Definition of doomscroll - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

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Rare

Slang

session of looking at upsetting news online for a long time

Rare

Slang

Last night I had a long doomscroll before bed.

doomscrolling

Verb

intr.

social media

Rare

Slang

keep looking at bad news online for a long time

Rare

Slang

He tends to doomscroll before going to bed.

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Origin of doomscroll

English, doom (fate) + scroll (move through content)

Examples of doomscroll in a sentence

A quick doomscroll turned into an hour online.
She started to doomscroll during her lunch break.
Don’t doomscroll when you wake up in the morning.

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French:session de doomscrolling, faire du doomscrolling, ...
German:Doomscroll-Session, doomscrollen, ...
Italian:sessione di doomscroll, scorrere ossessivamente le brutte notizie, ...
Spanish:sesión de doomscroll, pasar horas viendo malas noticias, ...
Portuguese:sessão de notícias negativas, consumir notícias negativas, ...
Chinese:负面信息刷屏, 刷负面新闻, ...
Japanese:ドゥームスクロール, 悪いニュースを見続ける, ...
Arabic:تَصَفُّح الأَخْبَار السَّلْبِيَّة, أَفْرَطَ في تَصَفُّحِ الأَخْبَارِ السَّيِّئَةِ, ...
Hebrew:דּוּם-סְקְרוֹל, לִגְלוֹל בְּיֵאוּשׁ, ...
Russian:думскроллинг, залипать на плохих новостях, ...
Ukrainian:сеанс думскролінгу, довго читати погані новини, ...
Hindi:नकारात्मक खबरों का सत्र, बुरी खबरें पढ़ते रहना, ...
Bengali:ডুমস্ক্রল, দীর্ঘক্ষণ খারাপ খবর পড়া, ...
Catalan:sessió de doomscrolling, empassar-se males notícies, ...
Czech:doomscrolling, doomscrollovat, ...
Danish:doomscrolling, doomscrolle, ...
Dutch:doemscroll, doemscrollen, ...
Greek:σερί κακών ειδήσεων, χαζεύω άσχημα νέα, ...
Hungarian:doomscrollozás, görgetni, ...
Khmer:ការអូសមើលព័ត៌មានអាក្រក់តាមអ៊ីនធឺណិតជាយូរ, បន្តអាន ឬមើលព័ត៌មានអាក្រក់តាមអ៊ីនធឺណិតយូរៗ, ...
Korean:우울 뉴스 탐색, 나쁜 소식만 계속 보다, ...
Persian:دوم‌اسکرول, در اخبار بد غرق شد, ...
Polish:maraton złych wiadomości, przewijać złe wiadomości, ...
Portuguese (BR):maratona de notícias ruins, ficar rolando notícias ruins, ...
Romanian:maraton de știri negative, a citi știri negative la nesfârșit, ...
Swedish:doomscroll, doomscrolla, ...
Thai:การไถดูข่าวร้าย, ไถฟีดข่าวร้าย, ...
Turkish:kötü haber kaydırması, kötü haberleri okumaya dalmak, ...
Vietnamese:lướt tin tiêu cực, xem tin xấu liên tục, ...

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