Damn Definition
dăm
damned, damning, damns
verb
damned, damning, damns
To condemn as guilty.
Webster's New World
To condemn to an unhappy fate; doom.
Webster's New World
To condemn to endless punishment.
Webster's New World
To swear or curse; say “damn,” etc.
Webster's New World
To condemn as bad or inferior.
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Synonyms:
interjection
Used to express anger, annoyance, disappointment, etc.
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noun
damns
The saying of “damn” as a curse.
Webster's New World
The least valuable bit; a jot.
Not worth a damn.
American Heritage
(profane) A small, negligible quantity, being of little value.
The new hires aren't worth a damn.
Wiktionary
(profane) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
I don’t give a damn.
Wiktionary
adjective
Damned.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
(profane) Generic intensifier.
Shut the damn door!
Wiktionary
adverb
(profane) Awfully, extremely.
That car was going damn fast!
Wiktionary
idiom
damn well
- Without any doubt; positively:
I am damn well going to file charges against him.
American Heritage
damn with faint praise
- to praise with so little enthusiasm as, in effect, to disparage or condemn
Webster's New World
not give a damn
- not care at all
Webster's New World
not worth a damn
- worthless
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Damn
- damn well
- damn with faint praise
- not give a damn
- not worth a damn
Origin of Damn
Middle English dampnen from Old French dampner from Latin damnāre to condemn, inflict loss upon from damnum loss
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnare (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).
From Wiktionary
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