Definitions for damn
dæmdamn

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's damadjective

   something of little value

   "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks"

2. damn, goddamnadjective

   used as expletives

   "oh, damn (or goddamn)!"

3. blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernalverb

   expletives used informally as intensifiers

   "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance"

4. curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledictadverb

   wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

   "The bad witch cursed the child"

5. bloody, damn, all-firedadverb

   extremely

   "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. damnnoun

   The use of "damn" as a curse.

2. damnnoun

   A small, negligible quantity, being of little value.

   The new hires aren't worth a damn.

3. damnnoun

   The smallest amount of concern or consideration.

   I don't give a damn.

4. damnverb

   To condemn to hell.

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

5. damnverb

   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.

6. damnverb

   To condemn as unfit, harmful, of poor quality, unsuccessful, invalid, immoral or illegal.

7. damnverb

   To curse; put a curse upon.

   That man stole my wallet. Damn him!

8. damnverb

   To invoke damnation; to curse.

   While I inwardly damn. uE000112455uE001 Goldsmith.

9. damnadverb

   awfully, extremely

   That car was going damn fast!

10. damnadjective

    Generic intensifier.

    Shut the damn door!

11. damninterjection

    Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc. See also dammit.

12. Etymology: dampnen, from dampner, from damnare, from damnum.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To DAMNverb

   Etymology: damno, Latin.

   1. To doom to eternal torments in a future state.

   Not in the legions
   Of horrid hell, can come a devil more damn’d
   In evils to top Macbeth. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   It is most necessary, that the church, by doctrine and decree, do damn and send to hell for ever those facts and opinions. Francis Bacon, Essay 3.

   2. To procure or cause to be eternally condemned.

   That which he continues ignorant of, having done the utmost lying in his power, that he might not be ignorant of it, shall not damn him. Robert South, Sermons.

   3. To condemn.

   His own impartial thought
   Will damn, and conscience will record the fault. John Dryden, Juv.

   4. To hoot or hiss any publick performance; to explode.

   They damn themselves, nor will my muse descend
   To clap with such who fools and knaves commend. Dryden.

   For the great dons of wit,
   Phœbus gives them full privilege alone
   To damn all others, and cry up their own. John Dryden, Ind. Emp.

   You are so good a critick, that it is the greatest happiness of the modern poets that you do not hear their works; and next, that you are not so arrant a critick as to damn them, like the rest, without hearing. Alexander Pope.

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1. damn

   Damn is a mild profanity used as an expression to convey strong emphasis or frustration, often used to express annoyance, anger, or disappointment. It is commonly used to emphasize a feeling or to assert seriousness about an event, situation, or statement.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Damnverb

   to condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure

2. Damnverb

   to doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse

3. Damnverb

   to condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc

4. Damnverb

   to invoke damnation; to curse

5. Etymology: [OE. damnen dampnen (with excrescent p), OF. damner, dampner, F. damner, fr. L. damnare, damnatum, to condemn, fr. damnum damage, a fine, penalty. Cf. Condemn, Damage.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Damn

   dam, v.t. to censure or condemn: to sentence to eternal punishment: to doom.—n. an oath: a curse.—adj. Dam′nable, deserving or tending to damnation: hateful: pernicious.—n. Dam′nableness.—adv. Dam′nably.—n. Damnā′tion, condemnation: (theol.) the punishment of the impenitent in the future state: eternal punishment.—adj. Dam′natory, consigning to damnation.—p.adj. Damned, sentenced to everlasting punishment: hateful: a profane intensive, meaning merely thorough (often written d——d, and softened into darned, dashed, &c.).—adv. very, exceedingly.—adj. Damnif′ic.—n. Damnificā′tion.—v.t. Dam′nify, to cause loss to.—adj. Dam′ning, exposing to condemnation. [Fr. damner—L. damnāre, to condemn—damnum, loss.]

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1. DAMNverb

   Dam the Nuisance.

   Damn their hassling people aka "Dam" those "Nuisances" from hassling people meaning "STOP them" and "Dam those Nuisances" to hell fire.

   Etymology: Old English

   
   

   Submitted by justahead on October 6, 2022  

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1. DAMN

   What does DAMN stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the DAMN acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

British National Corpus

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   Rank popularity for the word 'damn' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3067

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of damn in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of damn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of damn in a Sentence

1. Emilia Clarke:

   Damn straight, khal Drogo hasn’t been around for a while, so yes.

2. Elizabeth Shatz:

   Also, the damn pencils -- they ask for too many!

3. Mazen Dayem:

   He walked in as I was already there, he removed his wig, made hand gestures. It’s just a very large fear of mine, his damn wig. Him and his hair reminds me of the Tasmanian Devil hair. I truly and genuinely have a large fear of wigs now. It’s a genuine fear. I have nightmares.

4. Steve Bannon:

   They’re petrified of the opposition party. You know what my super power is? I don’t give a damn. I could care less what they say about me. I could care less. It’s about action. The Republican Party and the leaders of the Republican Party are cowards. You are writing your checks to cowards. Understand this. They are there for you when it’s easy. They are there to take your check. But when something comes up like the Iran situation, they will flip the Constitution of the United States so they can have some sort of conscience for voting for that —it’s outrageous.

5. James Carville:

   B ---- ing about a Democratic senator in West Virginia is missing the damn plot.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=damn
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Damn
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=damn
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damn
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=damn