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).

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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.
  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.
  5. (profane) To curse; put a curse upon.
    That man stole my wallet. Damn him!
  6. (archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.

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Adjective

damn (not comparable)

  1. (mildly vulgar) Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.
    Shut the damn door!
    • 2005, Sonic Team, Sega Studios USA, Shadow the Hedgehog, Sega, PS2, GameCube, Xbox:
      Where's that damn FOURTH Chaos Emerald!

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Adverb

damn (not comparable)

  1. (mildly vulgar) Very; extremely.
    That car was going damn fast!

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Interjection

damn

  1. (mildly vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.

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Noun

damn (plural damns)

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

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