Damn
adj, adv, intj, noun, verb ·Very common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 1 The word "damn" employed as a curse. sometimes, vulgar
"He said a few damns and left."
- 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 something of little value wordnet
- 4 A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot. sometimes, vulgar
"The new hires aren't worth a damn."
- 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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- 6 The smallest amount of concern or consideration. sometimes, vulgar
"I don't give a damn."
- 1 To condemn. intransitive, transitive
"The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity."
- 2 wish harm upon; invoke evil upon wordnet
- 3 To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
"He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him."
- 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 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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- 6 To curse; put a curse upon. sometimes, vulgar
"That man stole my wallet. Damn him!"
- 7 To invoke damnation; to curse. archaic
"c. 1767-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury […] while I inwardly damn."
- 1 Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody. not-comparable, sometimes, vulgar
"Shut the damn door!"
- 1 expletives used informally as intensifiers wordnet
- 2 used as expletives wordnet
- 1 Very; extremely. not-comparable, sometimes, vulgar
"That car was going damn fast!"
- 1 extremely wordnet
- 1 Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit. sometimes, vulgar
Example
More examples"I don't give a damn about poetry."
Etymology
From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).