Definition of Damning

1. Adjective. Threatening with damnation.

Exact synonyms: Damnatory
Similar to: Inculpative, Inculpatory
Derivative terms: Damn

Definition of Damning

1. a. That damns; damnable; as, damning evidence of guilt.

Definition of Damning

1. Verb. (present participle of damn) ¹

2. Adjective. Property which damns. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Damning

1. damn [v] - See also: damn

Lexicographical Neighbors of Damning

damned well
damneder
damnedest
damnedests
damner
damners
damnest
damnfool
damnific
damnification
damnifications
damnified
damnifies
damnify
damnifying
damning (current term)
damningly
damningness
damnit
damns
damnum absque injuria
damoisel
damoiselle
damoiselles
damoisels
damosel
damosella
damosels

Literary usage of Damning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards (1844)
"... against the justice of damning men for those things that are thus necessary, seem to make their argument the stronger, by setting forth the greatness of ..."

2. The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles: Ed. Under the Authority of the by Ezra Stiles (1901)
"... on board at Evening cursing & damning the War, saying he had found the Americans would fight, & that it would be impossible to conquer them. 16. ..."

3. The Mercersburg Review by Alumni Association, Pa.) Marshall College (Mercersburg (1851)
"But for the difference of effects in the one case and the other, such men would stand in the damning reprobation of all good men and all posterity in ..."

4. An Essay on Professional Ethics by George Sharswood (1884)
"of his client or the approbation of the court.1 To come before the court with a revelation of facts, damning to his client's case, as a ground for retiring ..."

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