EGAVE

damn

About 10.40 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To condemn.
    The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.
  2. verb To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
  3. verb 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.
  4. verb To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
  5. verb To curse; put a curse upon.
    That man stole my wallet. Damn him!
  6. verb To invoke damnation; to curse.
  7. adjective Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.
    Shut the damn door!
  8. adverb Very; extremely.
    That car was going damn fast!

Similar words

anathemize blame imprecate maledict beshrew curse cursed curst bedamn goddamned

Often followed by

it thing you well good the about near fool

Word family

damned damning damns

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