English Explanatory Dictionary

damn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To condemn.
  2. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
  3. To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
  4. To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
  5. To curse; put a curse upon.
  6. To invoke damnation; to curse.
adj
  1. Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.
adv
  1. Very; extremely.
intj
  1. Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.
noun
  1. The word "damn" employed as a curse.
  2. A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.
  3. The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of diaminomaleonitrile.
  2. Acronym of distributed architecture for mobile navigation.

Pronunciation

/ˈdæm/ [ˈdæm] /ˈdeə̯m/ [ˈdeə̯m] ~ /ˈdɛə̯m/ [ˈdɛə̯m] en-us-damn.ogg /ˈdeːm/ [ˈdeːm]

Word forms

damn damns damning damned no-table-tags glossary damnest damnedst damneth

Etymology

From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).

Synonyms

convict doom anathematize demonize excoriate vilify comminate execrate imprecate ban point the bone 4ucking accursed bally blasted bleeding bleeping blessed blimming blinking bloody blooming confounded consarned cotton-picking cowson cursed dadburn dadgum dagnabbed damn damnable damned dang danged darn darned dashed deuced doggone dratted effing ever-loving fecking flaming flipping freaking fricking frigging fucking fudging fugging furshlugginer jiggered goddam goddamn goddamned goddarned godforsaken goldurn

Derived words

a damn sight ah, damn bedamn be damned Billy-be-damned damage dammit dammit all to hell dammit to hell damnability damnable damn all damn and blast damnation damnatory damn by association damned damned if I care damned if I know damned if one does and damned if one doesn't damned well damnfool damn if I care damn if I know damnit damn it damn luck damn lucky damn my eyes damn right damn skippy damn straight damn sure damn the torpedoes damn well damn with faint praise damnworthy damn Yankee damn you damn you all to hell damn your eyes damn your hide dang darn darn well dayum dizamn ever-damned foredamn fore-damned give a damn give a flying damn give a good damn give a tinker's damn goddammit god damn goddamned goddamn goddamn you all to hell gods damn
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