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Damn

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Noun

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

something of little value

Example Sentences:
'his promise is not worth a damn'
'not worth one red cent'
'not worth shucks'

Verb

2. anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict

wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

Example Sentences:
'The bad witch cursed the child'

Adjective

3. damn, goddamn

used as expletives

Example Sentences:
'oh, damn (or goddamn)!'

4. blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal

expletives used informally as intensifiers

Example Sentences:
'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'

Adverb

5. all-fired, bloody, damn

extremely

Example Sentences:
'you are bloody right'
'Why are you so all-fired aggressive?'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Damn

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exclamation
1. slang
an exclamation of annoyance (often in exclamatory phrases such as damn it! damn you! etc)
2. informal
an exclamation of surprise or pleasure (esp in the exclamatory phrase damn me!)
adjective
3. (prenominal) slang
deserving damnation; detestable
adverb, adjective (prenominal)
4. slang
(intensifier)
damn fool
a damn good pianist
adverb
5.  damn all
verb (mainly tr)
6. 
to condemn as bad, worthless, etc
7. 
to curse
8. 
to condemn to eternal damnation
9. (often passive)
to doom to ruin; cause to fail
the venture was damned from the start
10. (also intr)
to prove (someone) guilty
damning evidence
11. 
to swear (at) using the word damn
12.  as near as damn it
13.  damn with faint praise
noun
14. slang
something of negligible value; jot (esp in the phrase not worth a damn)
15.  not give a damn

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Damn

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verb transitiveWord forms: damned or ˈdamning
1. 
a.  Obsolete
to condemn as guilty
b. 
to condemn to an unhappy fate; doom
c.  Theology
to condemn to endless punishment
2. 
to condemn as bad or inferior
often used in the imperative as a curse
3. 
to criticize adversely
4. 
to cause the ruin of; make fail
5. 
to swear at by saying “damn”
verb intransitive
6. 
to swear or curse; say “damn,” etc.
noun
7. 
the saying of “damn” as a curse
adjective, adverb
8.  Informal
damn verb transitive
interjection
9. 
used to express anger, annoyance, disappointment, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Damn

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v. damned, damn·ing, damns
v.tr.
1.
a. To condemn to everlasting punishment or another terrible fate in the afterlife; doom: "the ancient belief that souls of the deceased who had been damned for certain sins could rise from their graves and wander the countryside between dusk and dawn" (Rudy Chelminski).
b. To condemn to an undesirable fate; destine: was damned to live out his life in poverty.
c. To bring about the failure of; ruin: Insufficient funding damned the project.
2. To denounce or criticize severely: a movie that was damned by the critics.
3. To swear at; curse.
v.intr.
To swear; curse.
interj.
Used to express anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
n.
1. The saying of "damn" as a curse.
2. Informal The least valuable bit; a jot: not worth a damn.
adv. & adj.
Damned.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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