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Damn Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Damn?
[n] something of little value; "it is not worth a damn"; "not worth shucks"
[adv] (intensifier) "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?" [adj] expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "tired or his everlasting whimpering"; "an infernal nuisance" [adj] used as expletives; "oh, damn (or goddamn)!" [v] wish harm upon; put a curse on; "The bad witch cursed the child" Synonyms | Synonyms for Damn: all-fired | anathemize | bedamn | beshrew | blame | blamed | blasted | blessed | bloody | curse | cursed | curst | damned | darn | darned | deuced | everlasting | goddam | goddamn | goddamned | hoot | imprecate | infernal | maledict | shit | shucks | tinker's dam | tinker's damn Related Terms | Find terms related to Damn: a continental | a curse | a damn | a darn | a hoot | abominate | abuse | accurse | accursed | accuse | ace | anathematize | anathemize | animadvert on | arraign | attack | attaint | bagatelle | banish | bauble | be concerned | bean | berate | bibelot | bit | blackguard | blacklist | blame | blaspheme | blast | brass farthing | bring home to | bring to ruin | button | call names | call to account | care | cast blame upon | cast into hell | cast out | cast reflection upon | castigate | censure | cent | complain against | condemn | condemn to hell | confound | consign to hell | consume | convict | criticize | cry down | cry out against | cry out on | cry shame upon | curio | curse | cursed | cuss | cuss out | damnable | damned | darn | deal destruction | decimate | decry | denounce | denunciate | depredate | desolate | despoil | destroy | devastate | devour | discipline | dissolve | doom | doom to perdition | engorge | epithet | epithetize | excommunicate | execrable | execrate | expel | farce | farthing | feather | fig | find guilty | fleabite | folderol | fribble | frippery | fulminate against | gaud | gewgaw | gimcrack | gobble | gobble up | goddamn | goddamned | gut | gut with fire | hair | halfpenny | havoc | hex | hill of beans | hoot | impeach | imprecate | impugn | incinerate | indict | inveigh against | jest | joke | jot | kickshaw | knickknack | knickknackery | lay in ruins | lay waste | lota | mind | minikin | mockery | modicum | molehill | objurgate | ounce | pass sentence on | penalize | peppercorn | picayune | pin | pinch of snuff | pinprick | pronounce judgment | pronounce sentence | proscribe | punish | rap | ravage | red cent | reflect upon | remonstrate | reprehend | reprimand | reproach | reprobate | reprove | revile | row of pins | ruin | ruinate | rush | sentence | shake up | shipwreck | shit | shred | snap | sneeshing | sou | straw | swallow up | swear | swear at | throw a whammy | throw into disorder | thunder against | toy | trifle | trinket | triviality | tuppence | two cents | twopence | unleash destruction | unleash the hurricane | upbraid | upheave | vandalize | vaporize | vilify | vituperate | waste | whim-wham | whit | whoop | worry | wrack | wreak havoc | wreck See Also | worthlessness Damn In Webster's Dictionary \Damn\ (d[a^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Damned} (d[a^]md or
d[a^]m"n[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Damning} (d[a^]m"[i^]ng or
d[a^]m"n[i^]ng).] [OE. damnen dampnen (with excrescent p),
OF. damner, dampner, F. damner, fr. L. damnare, damnatum, to
condemn, fr. damnum damage, a fine, penalty. Cf. {Condemn},
{Damage}.]
1. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to
punishment; to sentence; to censure.
He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.
--Shak.
2. (Theol.) To doom to punishment in the future world; to
consign to perdition; to curse.
3. To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as
by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc.
You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the
works of modern poets] . . . without hearing.
--Pope.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And
without sneering teach the rest to sneer. --Pope.
Note: Damn is sometimes used interjectionally, imperatively,
and intensively.
\Damn\, v. i. To invoke damnation; to curse. ``While I inwardly damn.'' --Goldsmith. |
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