adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Capable of being damned.
2. 2
   Deserving of damnation; very bad.

   "That damnable fridge has stopped working again."

Adjective

1. 1
   deserving to be execrated wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

execrableabhorrentabominableabsoluteaccursedarrant

Example

More examples

"Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable."

Etymology

From Middle English dampnable, from Old French dampnable, from Latin damnābilis. By surface analysis, damn + -able.

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