damning

English

Etymology

From Middle English dampnynge; equivalent to damn +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæmɪŋ/
• Homophone: damming

Verb

damning

1. present participle and gerund of damn

Adjective

damning (comparative more damning, superlative most damning)

1. Condemning.

   damning evidence was clear for all to see

   • 2021 November 3, Paul Stephen, “As far north as you can go... to Thurso”, in RAIL, number 943, page 48:

     In terms of infrastructure, Frank says there has been better news in recent years, following a highly damning report prepared for the Friends of the Far North Line campaign group by consultant Tony Glazebrook [...].

Translations

condemning

• Finnish: langettava (fi), raskauttava (fi)
• French: accablant (fr)
• German: kondemnierend (de) (obsolete), vernichtend (de), missbilligend (de), missfällig (de) (dated)
• Polish: obciążający

Noun

damning (plural damnings)

1. A condemnation.
   • 2003, Richard Traubner, Operetta: A Theatrical History, page 338:

     This elicited damnings from pulpit and press, and insured a healthy run.

2. An act of swearing with the word "damn".
   • 1693 (date written), D. F. [pseudonym; Daniel Defoe], An Essay upon Projects, London: […] R. R. for Tho[mas] Cockerill, […], published 1697, →OCLC:

     No man is believed a jot the more for all the asseverations, damnings, and swearings he makes.

Translations

a condemnation

• Finnish: tuomitseminen (fi)
• German: Kondemnation f (obsolete), Ächtung (de) f, Verurteilung (de) f

a swearing

• German: Malediktion f (obsolete), Verdammung (de) f, Verwünschung (de) f, Verfluchen n

Anagrams

• Manding, Dingman, manding

Swedish

Etymology

damma +‎ -ning

Noun

damning c

1. dusting, removal of dust (with a duster or a damp cloth)

   Vid de flesta folkskolor i Stockholm användes torrsopning för slutna fönster, en mycket ofullständig damning och skurning blott en gång i månaden.

   In most of the public schools in Stockholm, dry sweeping was used with closed windows, a much incomplete dusting and scouring only once each month.

Declension

Declension of damning
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	damning	damningen	—	—
Genitive	damnings	damningens	—	—

References

• damning in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• damning in Albert Montgomery, Svensk-engelsk ordbok (1914)