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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishdampnen, fromOld Frenchdamner, fromLatindamnāre(“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), fromdamnum(“loss”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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damn (third-person singular simple presentdamns,present participledamning,simple past and past participledamned)

  1. (theology,transitive,intransitive) Tocondemn tohell.
    The official position is that anyone who does this will bedamned for all eternity.
    Only God candamn.
    Idamn you eternally, fiend!
  2. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
    Synonyms:convict,doom
    • 1599 (first performance),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene i]:
      He shall not live; look, with a spot Idamn him.
    • 2018 May 12, Stephanie Sinclair, “'What I Learned From Adopting Two Children With Rare Genetic Conditions'”, inTime‎[1]:
      Lack of access to support services candamn children with disabilities and lesser means to lives where they never harness their full range of abilities.
  3. To put out offavor; toruin; tolabel negatively.
    I’m afraid that if I speak out on this, I’ll bedamned as a troublemaker.
  4. To condemn asunfit,harmful,invalid,immoral orillegal.
    Synonyms:anathematize,demonize,excoriate,vilify
    • 1708 November 8,Alexander Pope, letter toHenry Cromwell
      You are not so arrant a critic as todamn them [the works of modern poets][…] without hearing.
    • 1976 February 14, David Brill, “Suicide”, inGay Community News, volume 3, number33, page11:
      Homosexuality and suicide have some common characteristics. Both aredamned by the Western Judeo-Christian culture as sins (although the latter has only been considered such since the sixth century).
  5. (sometimesvulgar) Tocurse; put a curse upon.
    Synonyms:comminate,execrate,imprecate
    That man stole my wallet.Damn him!
  6. (archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.
    Synonyms:ban,execrate,point the bone

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofdamn
infinitive(to)damn
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingulardamndamned
2nd-personsingulardamn,damnest†damned,damnedst†
3rd-personsingulardamns,damneth†damned
pluraldamn
subjunctivedamndamned
imperativedamn—
participlesdamningdamned

Translations

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theology: to condemn to hell
to put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively
to condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral, or illegal
to put a curse upon

Adjective

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damn (notcomparable)

  1. (sometimesvulgar)Generic intensifier.Fucking;bloody.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:damned
    Shut thedamn door!
    Damn freaks!
    Damn psychos!
    The wholedamn building came down!
    Damn cultists are psychotic.
    • 2005, Sonic Team, Sega Studios USA,Shadow the Hedgehog, Sega, PS2, GameCube, Xbox:
      Where's thatdamn FOURTH Chaos Emerald!

Translations

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generic intensifier

Adverb

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damn (notcomparable)

  1. (sometimesvulgar)Very;extremely.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:extremely
    That car was goingdamn fast!
    How are youdamn quick?
    You must be sodamn rapid.
    Idamn well hope you nevercome back.
    • 1989 December 10, John Zeh, quoting Tony Allen, “AIDS Groups' Execs Arrested In D.C.”, inGay Community News, volume17, number22, page 1:
      We're begging,damn near down on our knees, and not getting one red cent.

Translations

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awfully, extremely

Interjection

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damn

  1. (sometimesvulgar)Used to expressanger,irritation,disappointment,annoyance,contempt orsurprise, etc.See alsodammit.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:dammit

Translations

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non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.

Noun

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damn (pluraldamns)

  1. (sometimesvulgar) The word "damn" employed as acurse.
    He said a fewdamns and left.
  2. (sometimesvulgar,chiefly in the negative) A small,negligible quantity, being of little value; awhit orjot.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:modicum
    The new hires aren't worth adamn.
  3. (sometimesvulgar,chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount ofconcern orconsideration.
    I don't give adamn.

Translations

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use of damn as a swear word
a small, negligible quantity, being of little value
the smallest amount of concern or consideration
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