damn

UK /ˈdæm/ US /ˈdæm/
verb 5noun 5adj 1adv 1intj 1

Definitions

verb

1

To condemn.

The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.

Only God can damn.

2

To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.

He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.

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.

1708 November 8, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] […] without hearing.

Homosexuality and suicide have some common characteristics. Both are damned by the Western Judeo-Christian culture as sins (although the latter has only been considered such since the sixth century).

5

To curse; put a curse upon.

That man stole my wallet. Damn him!

adj

1

Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.

Shut the damn door!

Damn freaks!

adv

1

Very; extremely.

That car was going damn fast!

How are you damn quick?

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