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damn verb. [dam] ME.
[Old French dampner, (also mod.) damner from Latin dam(p)nare (orig.) inflict loss upon, from damnum loss, damage, expenditure.]
verb trans. Pronounce to be guilty; condemn judicially, sentence, (to a penalty or fate). ME-L19.
verb trans. Pronounce to be bad, a failure, etc.; censure, denounce; condemn esp. by public expression of disapproval. ME.
damn with faint praise commend so feebly as to imply disapproval.
W. Godwin We should [not] totally damn a man's character for a few faults. W. S. Churchill The Fabian Society..damned all revolutionary theory and set about the propagation of a practical Socialist doctrine.
verb trans. (Of God) condemn to eternal punishment; doom to hell; cause the damnation or condemnation of; be the ruin of. Also (colloq.) in imprecations, freq. in imper. or optative form (for God damn etc.), expr. anger, hatred, contempt, irritation, etc. ME.
damn your eyes!, damn my eyes!, etc., arch.: expr. contempt etc. I'll be damned: expr. astonishment etc. I'm damned if I , I'll be damned if I I certainly do not , I will not .
Dickens I will see them dd before I make any further alteration. T. F. Powys He..damned the gate to Hell because it would not open. G. Gorer It may not be necessary to believe that any soul is permanently damned. E. Waugh No one is damned except by his own deliberate act.
b. verb intrans. as interjection. Expr. anger, irritation, displeased surprise or realization, etc. Cf. DAMNATION noun 3. M20.
N. Balchin I shall have to let go of the other wrench. Damn and blast.
verb intrans. & trans. Say 'damn' (at), swear (at), curse. E17.
G. B. Shaw I don't mind your damning and blasting..but there is a certain word I must ask you not to use.
damner noun LME.
damningly adverb so as to damn or condemn, to a damning degree E18.