Damned

//dæmd// adj, adv, verb

adj, adv, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    people who are condemned to eternal punishment wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of damn form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Godforsaken.

    "You're children of the damned // like candles, watch them burn // burning in the light // you'll burn again tonight."

  2. 2
    Variant of profane damn, used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something. alt-of, alternative

    "Their damned lawyers can go to hell."

  3. 3
    Ellipsis of I'll be damned. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "Damned if I know."

Adjective
  1. 1
    expletives used informally as intensifiers wordnet
  2. 2
    in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Very. mildly, vulgar

    "What's so damned important about a football game?"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a damnable manner wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
damngoddamngoddamnedunredeemedaccursedconfounded

Example

More examples

"For all man's sins damned we shall be."

Related phrases

Billy-be-damnedI'll be damnedas be damnedbe damneddamned if I knowdamned if one does and damned if one doesn'tdamned wellever-damnedfore-damnedpurser rigged and parish damnedgod forsaken

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