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Definitions for Damn

[1] to declare (something) to be bad, unfit, invalid, or illegal.
[2] to condemn as a failure: to damn a play.
[3] to bring condemnation upon; ruin.
[4] to doom to eternal punishment or condemn to hell.
[5] to swear at or curse, using the word “damn”: Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!
[6] to use the word “damn”; swear.
[7] (used as an expletive to express anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.)
[8] the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
[9] something of negligible value: not worth a damn.
[10] damned(defs 2, 3) .
[11] damned.
[12] damn well , Informal . damned(def 7) .
[13] damn with faint praise , to praise so moderately as, in effect, to condemn: The critic damned the opera with faint praise when he termed the production adequate.
[14] give a damn , Informal . to care; be concerned; consider as important: You shouldn't give a damn about their opinions. Also give a darn.
[15] slang an exclamation of annoyance (often in exclamatory phrases such as damn it! damn you! etc)
[16] informal an exclamation of surprise or pleasure (esp in the exclamatory phrase damn me! )
[17] (prenominal) slang deserving damnation; detestable
[18] slang (intensifier) damn fool ; a damn good pianist
[19] damn all slang absolutely nothing
[20] to condemn as bad, worthless, etc
[21] to curse
[22] to condemn to eternal damnation
[23] (often passive) to doom to ruin; cause to fail the venture was damned from the start
[24] (also intr) to prove (someone) guilty damning evidence
[25] to swear (at) using the word damn
[26] as near as damn it British informal as near as possible; very near
[27] damn with faint praise to praise so unenthusiastically that the effect is condemnation
[28] slang something of negligible value; jot (esp in the phrase not worth a damn )
[29] not give a damn informal to be unconcerned; not care

Words related to Damn

curse, darn, excoriate, expel, abuse, confound, slam, blaspheme, castigate, anathematize, penalize, imprecate, doom, sentence, proscribe, attack, convict, jinx, pan, cuss

Words nearby Damn

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Origin of Damn

1250–1300; Middle English dam(p)nen < Old French dam(p)ner < Latin damnāre to condemn, derivative of damnum damage, fine, harm

Other words from Damn

damn·er , noun
pre·damn , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Damn

C13: from Old French dampner, from Latin damnāre to injure, condemn, from damnum loss, injury, penalty

Synonyms for Damn

curse, darn, abuse, anathematize, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, castigate, censure, confound, convict, criticize, cuss, doom, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, imprecate, jinx, objurgate, pan, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, cast out, complain of, cry down, denunciate, drat, fulminate against, inveigle against, object to, thunder against