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Meaning of 'damn' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Damn [ v. i.]
- To invoke damnation; to curse.
2 . Damn [ v. t.]
- To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.
- To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse.
- To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc.

Meaning of 'damn' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . damn [ n]
Meaning (1):
- something of little value
Example in sentence:
  • his promise is not worth a damn;
  • not worth one red cent;
  • not worth shucks
2 . damn [ v]
Meaning (2):
- wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
Example in sentence:
  • The bad witch cursed the child
3 . damn [ r]
Meaning (3):
- extremely
Example in sentence:
  • a whacking good story;
  • boiling mad;
  • bored stiff;
  • frightened stiff;
  • he was enormously popular;
  • hellishly dangerous;
  • infernally clever;
  • it was positively monumental;
  • it will be an extraordinarily painful step to negotiate;
  • roaring drunk;
  • she was drop-dead gorgeous;
  • she was inordinately smart;
  • teachers were shockingly underpaid;
  • there is precious little time left;
  • they all were whopping drunk;
  • Why are you so all-fired aggressive?;
  • you are bloody right;
  • you are goddamn right!
4 . damn [ s]
Meaning (4):
- expletives used informally as intensifiers
Example in sentence:
  • a blame cold winter;
  • a deuced idiot;
  • an infernal nuisance;
  • he's a blasted idiot;
  • he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool;
  • I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing;
  • it's a blamed shame;
  • not a blessed dime
Meaning (5):
- used as expletives
Example in sentence:
  • oh, damn (or goddamn)!

Nearby Words:

dam damage damage feasant damageable damages damaging daman damar damascene damascus

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