Damn

[Damn]

Damn is a common, somewhat naughty exclamation. In one sense it means to condemn or send someone to hell, as in "God damn it!" Other times it means "a little amount," as in "I don't give a damn about baseball."

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To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censhure.

Noun
something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks"

Verb
wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"

Adjective S.
expletives used informally as intensifiers; "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 goddamn

Adjective S.
used as expletives; "oh, damn (or goddamn)!"

Adverb
extremely; "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?"

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v. t.
To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.

v. t.
To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse.

v. t.
To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc.

v. i.
To invoke damnation; to curse.


Damn

Damn , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Damned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Damning .] [OE. damnen dapnen (with excrescent p), OF. damner, dampner, F. damner, fr. L. damnare, damnatum, to condemn, fr. damnum damage, a fine, penalty. Cf. Condemn, Damage.] 1. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censhure.
He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.
2. (Theol.) To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse. 3. To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc.
You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] . . . without hearing.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer.
&hand; Damn is sometimes used interjectionally, imperatively, and intensively.

Damn

Damn, v. i. To invoke damnation; to curse. 'While I inwardly damn." Goldsmith.

To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censhure.

To invoke damnation; to curse. 'While I inwardly damn." Goldsmith.

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Usage Examples

At my age the only problem is with remembering names. When I call everyone darling, it has damn all to do with passionately adoring them, but I know I'm safe calling them that. Although, of course, I adore them too.

I'm not an Adonis, that's for damn sure. I've never really thought of myself that way, and it doesn't matter to me. My favorite actors aren't Adonises. Dustin Hoffman is a flawed-looking man he's amazing to me. Tom Hanks is flawed-looking people love him. Same with Gene Hackman.

Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to connect it to other countries, for instance to Africa, but it doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa.

Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.

I'm a big potato chip girl. I don't like chocolate and cakes and all that, but I have to have my potato chips. I've got bags in the back of my car right now! But I never beat myself up about it, because, look: You can't give up every damn thing. You need something in your life that you like just because you like it!

I assure you that the training that you get in a midget, in a sprint car and perhaps in a Silver Crown car is really the kind of experience that makes you into a damn good race driver.

Everybody thinks I'm at death's door, but I'm not. There's nothing seriously wrong with me, and my heart is in 100 percent working order. Anything else you may hear is a damn lie!

I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed.

Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again - and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here!

I love dogs. They live in the moment and don't care about anything except affection and food. They're loyal and happy. Humans are just too damn complicated.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!

Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.

I suffered, I really suffered, with all three of my husbands. And I tried damn hard with all three, starting each marriage certain that it was going to last until the end of my life. Yet none of them lasted more than a year or two.

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.

And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you can't just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that it's much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it!

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

I'm far from being god, but I work god damn hard.

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