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Definition of Damning
1. Adjective. Threatening with damnation.
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
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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