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Definition of Damned
1. Noun. People who are condemned to eternal punishment. "He felt he had visited the realm of the damned"
2. Adjective. Expletives used informally as intensifiers. "An infernal nuisance"
Similar to: Cursed, Curst
3. Adverb. In a damnable manner. "Kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely , endlessly persistent!"
4. Adjective. In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell. "Poor damned souls"
Category relationships: Christian Religion, Christianity
Similar to: Lost
Definition of Damned
1. a. Sentenced to punishment in a future state; condemned; consigned to perdition.
Definition of Damned
1. Adjective. god-forsaken ¹
2. Adjective. Variant of profane damn. ¹
3. Adverb. (vulgar) Very. ¹
4. Verb. (past of damn) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Damned
1. damnable [adj DAMNEDER, DAMNEDEST or DAMNDEST] - See also: damnable
Lexicographical Neighbors of Damned
Literary usage of Damned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Inside the German Empire in the Third Year of the War by Herbert Bayard Swope (1917)
"They are “damned if they do and damned if they don't,” and America, because she
is the most important, is damned most of all, particularly in Germany. ..."
2. The Works of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb (1871)
"REFLECTOR,—I am one of those persons whom the world has thought proper to designate
by the title of damned Authors. In that memorable season of dramatic ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The damned are confirmed in evil; every act of their will is evil and inspired
... Nevertheless, some have held the opinion that, although the damned cannot ..."
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