damn
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /dæm/
damn (damns, present participle damning; past and past participle damned)
- (theology, transitive, intransitive) To condemn to hell.
- The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.
- Only God can damn.
- I damn you eternally, fiend!
- To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene i]:
- He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.
- To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
- I’m afraid that if I speak out on this, I’ll be damned as a troublemaker.
- To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
- November 8, 1708, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell
- You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] […] without hearing.
- (profane) To curse; put a curse upon.
- That man stole my wallet. Damn him!
- (archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.
- […] while I inwardly damn.
Conjugation of damn
| infinitive | (to) damn | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | damn | damned | |
| 2nd-person singular | * damn, damnest* | damned, damnedst* | |
| 3rd-person singular | damns, damneth* | damned#English|damned | |
| plural | damn | ||
| subjunctive | damn | ||
| imperative | damn | — | |
| participle> participles | damning | damned | |
| * Archaic or obsolete. | |||
- damage
- damnation
- damned
- damnable
- dammit
- give a damn
- tinker's damn
- goddammit
- God damn, goddamn
- goddamned
- damn skippy
- damn straight
- damn by association
- damn with faint praise
- damn the torpedoes
- damn your eyes
- damn your hide
- French: condamner, damner
- German: verdammen
- Italian: dannare
- Portuguese: amaldiçoar, danar, condenar
- Russian: проклина́ть
- Spanish: maldecir, condenar
- Italian: bollare
- Russian: осужда́ть
- French: damner, réprouver
- German: verteufeln
- Italian: condannare
- Spanish: condenar, reprobar
- German: verfluchen
- Italian: maledire
- Portuguese: amaldiçoar
- Spanish: maldecir
damn (not comparable)
Synonyms- see also Thesaurus:damned
- French: foutu
- German: verdammt, verflucht
- Italian: maledetto, fottuto, cazzo
- Portuguese: maldito, merda de, porra de
- Russian: прокля́тый
- Spanish: maldito, puto
damn (not comparable)
Translations- German: schrecklich, verdammt
- Italian: maledettamente, dannatamente, fottutamente
- Portuguese: pra caralho
- Russian: черто́вски
- Spanish: malditamente
- (mildly profane) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc. See also dammit.
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- French: mince
- German: verdammt, Mist
- Italian: accidenti, dannazione, cribbio, cavolo, mannaggia
- Portuguese: porcaria, maldição, droga, poça, meleca, lasqueira, pindarolas
- Russian: чёрт
- Spanish: maldición, maldita sea, diablos
damn (plural damns)
- The use of "damn" as a curse.
- He said a few damns and left.
- (mildly profane) A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.
- The new hires aren't worth a damn.
- (mildly profane) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
- I don't give a damn.
- French: merde, putain
- German: (please verify) verdammt (de), (so ein Mist, (please verify) Scheiße#German|Scheiße! (de)
- Italian: maledizione
- Portuguese: porcaria, maldição
- Russian: чёрт
- Spanish: maldito
- Italian: accidente
- Italian: (un) tubo
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