damn

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

damn (third-person singular simple present damns, present participle damning, simple past and past participle damned)

  1. (theology, transitive, intransitive) To condemn to hell.
    The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.
    Only God can damn.
    I damn 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”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.
    • 2018 May 12, Stephanie Sinclair, “'What I Learned From Adopting Two Children With Rare Genetic Conditions'”, in Time‎:
      Lack of access to support services can damn children with disabilities and lesser means to lives where they never harness their full range of abilities.
  3. To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
    I’m afraid that if I speak out on this, I’ll be damned as a troublemaker.
  4. To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
    Synonyms: anathematize, demonize, excoriate, vilify
  5. (sometimes vulgar) To curse; 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

Conjugation of damn
infinitive (to) damn
present tense past tense
1st-person singular damn damned
2nd-person singular damn, damnest† damned, damnedst†
3rd-person singular damns, damneth† damned
plural damn
subjunctive damn damned
imperative damn —
participles damning damned

†Archaic or obsolete.

Translations

Adjective

damn (not comparable)

  1. (sometimes vulgar) Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:damned
    Shut the damn door!
    Damn freaks!
    Damn psychos!
    The whole damn building came down!
    Damn cultists are psychotic.
    • 2005, Sonic Team, Sega Studios USA, Shadow the Hedgehog, Sega, PS2, GameCube, Xbox:
      Where's that damn FOURTH Chaos Emerald!

Translations

Adverb

damn (not comparable)

  1. (sometimes vulgar) Very; extremely.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:extremely
    That car was going damn fast!
    How are you damn quick?
    You must be so damn rapid.
    It went currently damn identical.
    • 1989 December 10, John Zeh, quoting Tony Allen, “AIDS Groups' Execs Arrested In D.C.”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 22, page 1:
      We're begging, damn near down on our knees, and not getting one red cent.

Translations

Interjection

damn

  1. (sometimes vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dammit

Translations

Noun

damn (plural damns)

  1. (sometimes vulgar) The word "damn" employed as a curse.
    He said a few damns and left.
  2. (sometimes vulgar, chiefly in the negative) A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:modicum
    The new hires aren't worth a damn.
  3. (sometimes vulgar, chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
    I don't give a damn.

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