Lexic.us

Definition of Damn

1. Noun. Something of little value. "Not worth shucks"

2. Verb. Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon. "The bad witch cursed the child"

3. Adjective. Used as expletives. "Oh, damn (or goddamn)!"

4. Adverb. Extremely. "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?"

5. Adjective. Expletives used informally as intensifiers. "An infernal nuisance"

Definition of Damn

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

2. v. i. To invoke damnation; to curse.

Definition of Damn

1. Verb. (theology) To condemn to hell. ¹

2. Verb. To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively. ¹

3. Verb. To condemn as unfit, harmful, of poor quality, unsuccessful, invalid, immoral or illegal. ¹

4. Verb. (context: profane) To curse; put a curse upon. ¹

5. Verb. (archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse. ¹

6. Adjective. (context: profane) Generic intensifier. ¹

7. Adverb. (context: profane) awfully, extremely ¹

8. Interjection. (context: profane) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc. ''See also'' '''dammit'''. ¹

9. Noun. The use of "damn" as a curse. ¹

10. Noun. (context: profane) A small, negligible quantity, being of little value. ¹

11. Noun. (context: profane) The smallest amount of concern or consideration. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Damn

1. to curse [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: curse

Medical Definition of Damn

1. 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." (Shak) 2. 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." (Pope) "Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer." (Pope) Damn is sometimes used interjectionally, imperatively, and intensively. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Damn

dammar pine dammar resin dammara dammarane dammaras dammars dammas damme dammed dammer

dammers damming dammit dammit to hell dammits damn (current term) damn Yankee damn all damn and blast damn it

damn skippy damn straight damn the torpedoes damn well damn with faint praise damn your eyes damn your hide damnability damnable

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