Definitions for damn

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IPA: /dæm/

Damn is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 34 anagrams from letters in damn (admn).

Definitions for damn

noun

1. the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
2. something of negligible value:

Idioms

1. damn well, Informal. damned (def 7).
2. damn with faint praise, to praise so moderately as, in effect, to condemn:
3. give a damn, Informal. to care; be concerned; consider as important: Also, give a darn.

adverb

1. damned.

adjective

1. damned (defs 2, 3).

interjection

1. (used as an expletive to express anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.)

verb (used with object)

1. to declare (something) to be bad, unfit, invalid, or illegal.
2. to condemn as a failure:
3. to bring condemnation upon; ruin.
4. to doom to eternal punishment or condemn to hell.
5. to swear at or curse, using the word “damn”:

verb (used without object)

1. to use the word “damn”; swear.

Origin of damn

1250-1300; Middle English dam(p)nen Old French dam(p)ner Latin damnāre to condemn, derivative of damnum damage, fine, harm

Examples for damn

Who knew that a competition where you clutch the hand of another man and lock eyes across a table could be this damn gay.

Fortunately, no one gives a damn about a Daily Beast reporter.

From "that boy who will go far" I became "you damn young freshman."

damn little consolation to us when we're working it out in Dartmoor.

Dread is the feeling I get when something bad seems to be on the way, and I know that there's not a damn thing I can do about it.

But damn, the music is catchy—a neo-soul aural assault of horns, electro swirls, yelps, funky basslines, and harmonized vocals.

Shot a damn cock pheasant by mistake, and had to bury the thing in my own covers.

damn if I want to see them gray eyes when ye tell about the little mare.

He had just as much right to be there as any other damn body.

"Them damn' snake, him no speakum," he observed disgustedly.