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Damn Definition And Meaning
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.

Damn Definition And Meaning

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"

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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