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Damn

//dæm// adj, adv, intj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody. not-comparable, sometimes, vulgar

    "Shut the damn door!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    expletives used informally as intensifiers wordnet
  2. 2
    used as expletives wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Very; extremely. not-comparable, sometimes, vulgar

    "That car was going damn fast!"

Adverb
  1. 1
    extremely wordnet
Intj
  1. 1
    Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit. sometimes, vulgar
Noun
  1. 1
    The word "damn" employed as a curse. sometimes, vulgar

    "He said a few damns and left."

  2. 2
    Abbreviation of diaminomaleonitrile. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable

    "Several nitrogen heterocycles, including imidazoles,¹⁻³ pyrazines,⁴ and diazepines,^(1, 3) have been prepared from diaminomaleonitrile (DAMN, 1), the tetramer of hydrogen cyanide."

  3. 3
    something of little value wordnet
  4. 4
    A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot. sometimes, vulgar

    "The new hires aren't worth a damn."

  5. 5
    Acronym of distributed architecture for mobile navigation. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable

    "The Distributed Architecture for Mobile Navigation (DAMN) has been successfully used to integrate various independently developed subsystems, providing systems that perform road following, cross-country navigation, or teleoperation while avoiding obstacles and meeting mission objectives."

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  1. 6
    The smallest amount of concern or consideration. sometimes, vulgar

    "I don't give a damn."

Verb
  1. 1
    To condemn. intransitive, transitive

    "The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity."

  2. 2
    wish harm upon; invoke evil upon wordnet
  3. 3
    To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.

    "He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him."

  4. 4
    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."

  5. 5
    To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.

    "1708 November 8, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] […] without hearing."

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  1. 6
    To curse; put a curse upon. sometimes, vulgar

    "That man stole my wallet. Damn him!"

  2. 7
    To invoke damnation; to curse. archaic

    "c. 1767-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury […] while I inwardly damn."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).

Etymology 4

From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).

Etymology 5

From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).

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