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damn

Pronunciation: /ˈdæm/

The English word “damn” has 12 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To condemn.
  2. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
  3. To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
  4. To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
  5. To curse; put a curse upon.
  6. To invoke damnation; to curse.

adjective

  1. Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.

adverb

  1. Very; extremely.

interjection

  1. Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.

noun

  1. The word "damn" employed as a curse.
  2. A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.
  3. The smallest amount of concern or consideration.

Etymology

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

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