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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
damn (third-person singular simple present damns, present participle damning, simple past and past participle damned)
- (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!
- To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene i]:
- He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.
- 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.
- To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
- November 8, 1708, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell
- You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] […] without hearing.
- November 8, 1708, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell
- (profane) To curse; put a curse upon.
- That man stole my wallet. Damn him!
- (archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.
- c. 1767-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury
- […] while I inwardly damn.
- c. 1767-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of damn
infinitive | (to) damn | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | damn | damned | |
2nd-person singular | damn, damnest* | damned, damnedst* | |
3rd-person singular | damns, damneth* | damned | |
plural | damn | ||
subjunctive | damn | ||
imperative | damn | — | |
participles | damning | damned |
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
theology: to condemn to hell
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to put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively
to condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral, or illegal
to put a curse upon
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Adjective[edit]
damn (not comparable)
- (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!
Synonyms[edit]
- see also Thesaurus:damned
Translations[edit]
generic intensifier
Adverb[edit]
damn (not comparable)
Translations[edit]
awfully, extremely
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Interjection[edit]
damn
- (mildly vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.
Synonyms[edit]
- See Thesaurus:dammit
Derived terms[edit]
- damn my eyes
- dang (euphemistic)
- darn (euphemistic)
- dayum (slang, emphatic form)
- dizamn (slang, emphatic form)
Translations[edit]
non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.
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Noun[edit]
damn (plural damns)
- The use of "damn" as a curse.
- He said a few damns and left.
- (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.
- (mildly vulgar, chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
- I don't give a damn.
Translations[edit]
use of damn as a swear word
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a small, negligible quantity, being of little value
the smallest amount of concern or consideration
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