| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  d m |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: damned, damn·ing, damns
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To pronounce an adverse judgment upon. See synonyms at condemn. 2. To bring about the failure of; ruin. 3. To condemn as harmful, illegal, or immoral: a cleric who damned gambling and strong drink. 4. To condemn to everlasting punishment or a similar fate; doom. 5. To swear at. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To swear; curse. | | INTERJECTION: | Used to express anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment. | | NOUN: | 1. The saying of “damn” as a curse. 2. Informal The least valuable bit; a jot: not worth a damn. | | ADVERB & ADJECTIVE: | Damned. | | IDIOM: | damn well Without any doubt; positively: I am damn well going to file charges against him. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English dampnen, from Old French dampner, from Latin damn re, to condemn, inflict loss upon, from damnum, loss. | | OTHER FORMS: | damn ing·ly —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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