goddamn

See also: god damn and God damn

English

Alternative forms

• god damn, God damn, goddamned

Etymology

God +‎ damn

Interjection

goddamn

1. (vulgar, slang) An expression of anger, surprise, or frustration.

Synonyms

• gods damn (polytheistic)

Translations

an expression of anger, surprise, or frustration

• Arabic: اللَعْنَة‎‎ (al-laʿna)
• Catalan: me cago en Déu!, me cago en Déu, en la creu i en el fuster que la féu!
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 他媽的 (zh), 他妈的 (zh) (tāmāde), 該死 (zh), 该死 (zh) (gāisǐ), 糟糕 (zh) (zāogāo)

• Danish: for fanden, satans, for helvede, fuck (da)
• Dutch: verdomme! (nl), godverdomme! (nl)
• Estonian: kurat! (et), pärgel!
• Finnish: perkele! (fi), saatana! (fi), jumalauta! (fi)
• French: diable! (fr), merde! (fr), bon Dieu de merde!
• German: verdammt noch mal, gottverdammt (de)
• Indonesian: sialan! (id), brengsek! (id), setan! (id), iblis! (id), jahanam! (id), keparat! (id), kurang ajar! (id)
• Italian: porco Dio!, porcodio! m, merda! (it), cazzo! (it), minchia! (it), dannazione! (it), maledetto! (it), diavolo! (it)

• Japanese: しまった (shimatta), 畜生 (ja) (ちくしょう, chikushō)
• Korean: 아뿔싸 (ko) (appulssa)
• Malay: tak guna!
• Northern Sami: beargalat!, sáhtán!
• Polish: cholera! (pl)
• Portuguese: caramba! (pt), droga! (pt)
• Russian: (lit. devil take (it)) чёрт возьми́! (ru) (čórt vozʹmí!), чёрт побери́! (ru) (čórt poberí!); прокля́тье! (ru) (prokljátʹje!), чёрт (ru) (čort), зара́за! (ru) (zaráza!)
• Spanish: ¡hostia! (es) f, ¡me cago en Dios! (es), ¡joder! (es), ¡su puta madre!, rediós (es)
• Swedish: djävlar! (sv), satan! (sv), fan! (sv)
• Turkish: kahretsin!, lanet olsun!
• Udmurt: шайтан! (šajtan!), албасты! (albasty!)

Adjective

goddamn (not comparable)

1. (pejorative) Damned by God.
2. (vulgar, offensive) Used as an intensifier.

   Where's the goddamn cartridge?

   You were in the background; you were a goddamn extra! That's good enough!

Synonyms

• gods damn (polytheistic)
• goddamned
• gorram, dadgum

Translations

intensifier

• Arabic: مَلْعُون‎‎ m (malʿūn)
• Bulgarian: пуст (bg) (pust), проклет (bg) (proklet)
• Danish: satans, helvedes
• Dutch: verdomd (nl), vervloekt (nl)
• Erzya: сюдозь-азозь (sjudozʹ-azozʹ)
• Estonian: kuradima
• Finnish: perkeleen, saatanan, helvetin
• French: en diable (fr), sacré (fr)

• German: (damned) verdammt (de), gottverdammt (de), höllischen (de)
• Greenlandic: -palaarsuaq
• Indonesian: laknat (id), jahanam (id), keparat (id), brengsek (id), sialan (id)
• Northern Sami: helveha
• Portuguese: maldito (pt) m, amaldiçoado (pt) m, do caramba (intensifier)
• Russian: (damned) прокля́тый (ru) (prokljátyj), про́клятый (ru) (prókljatyj), (devil's) чёртов (ru) (čórtov)
• Spanish: puto (es) m
• Swedish: jävla (sv), satans (sv), helvetes (sv)

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:damned