Definitions for damnedest

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damnedest damned·est

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IPA: /ˈdæm dɪst/

Damnedest is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 415 anagrams from letters in damnedest (addeemnst).

Definitions for damnedest

noun

1. best; utmost:
2. the damned, those condemned to suffer eternal punishment.

Idioms

1. damned well, Informal. certainly or without doubt; emphatically: Also, damn well.

adverb

1. extremely; very; absolutely:

adjective

1. most amazing or extraordinary.
2. condemned or doomed, especially to eternal punishment:
3. detestable; loathsome:
4. complete; absolute; utter:
5. Informal. extraordinary; amazing:

Origin of damnedest

First recorded in 1820-30; damned + -est¹

Examples for damnedest

"I'll be gosh-darned ef that ain't the damnedest," said he, slowly.

Newt Gingrich and Jon Huntsman did their damnedest to find out Monday.

"We do our damnedest to produce things with some sense of continuity," David says of the Dodgers.

I did my damnedest to argue that he ought to instead work with me.

What's left of it is the damnedest mess of goldbergery I ever saw.

I'm goin' to side with decent folks, who have stood by my girl, and you can do your damnedest.

Are you the damnedest fool or the biggest scoundrel out of jail?

Isn't that just about the damnedest thing you ever saw, Professor?

They'd speak up, and do their damnedest to save their friend.

From the first note to the last, he kept his cool and tried his damnedest to entertain those who cared to listen.