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Definition of 'damn'English
Verb
( en-verb)
(theology|transitive|intransitive) To condemn to hell.
- The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.
- Only God can ''damn.'' — ''I '''damn you eternally, fiend!
To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.
* Shakespeare
- He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.
To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
- I’m afraid that if I speak out on this, I’ll be damned as a troublemaker.
To condemn as unfit, harmful, of poor quality, unsuccessful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
* Alexander Pope
- You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] without hearing.
(profane) To curse; put a curse upon.
- That man stole my wallet. Damn him!
(archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.
* Goldsmith:
- while I inwardly damn .
Adjective
( -)
(profane) Fucking; bloody.
- Shut the damn door!
Synonyms
* see also
Adverb
( -)
(profane) Very, extremely.
- That car was going damn fast!
Derived terms
* dayum
* darn
* dizamn
Synonyms
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Noun
( en-noun)
The use of "damn" as a curse.
- said a few damns and left
(profane) A small, negligible quantity, being of little value.
- The new hires aren't worth a damn .
(profane) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
- I don’t give a damn .
Similar to 'damn'down, dawn, don, dein, den, dan, din, doyen, dun, dean, duan, dyun, deein, doon, dtn, dyon, dewan, deen, dahn
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