damnedest

English

Etymology

damned +‎ -est

Adjective

damnedest

1. superlative form of damned: most damned; surprising, remarkable, amazing.
   • 1900, Phillip Gardner, Someone to Crawl Back to, page 107:

     "And the damnedest thing happened. I was dreaming, but in my dream I was dreaming. It was the damnedest thing, really."

Noun

damnedest (uncountable)

1. One's best effort.
   • 1991, Cathy Cash Spellman, Paint the Wind, page 148:

     "Fancy was doing her damnedest to pull her own oar and the boys were tripping all over themselves to treat her like a lady."

Verb

damnedest

1. Template:en-archaic second-person singular past of

See also

• darnedest

Anagrams

• demandest, maddenest