damn

verb

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Pronunciation: /ˈdæm/ / [ˈdæm] ~ [ˈdam] / /ˈdam/

Etymology: From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).

Etymology: From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).

Etymology: From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).

Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.

Etymology: From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).

The word "damn" employed as a curse.
“He said a few damns and left.”
A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.
“The new hires aren't worth a damn.”
The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
“I don't give a damn.”

Etymology: From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).

To condemn.
“The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.”
“Only God can damn.”
To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
“He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.”
“Lack of access to support services can damn children with disabilities and lesser means to lives where they never harness their full range of abilities.”
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.”
To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
“1708 November 8, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] […] without hearing.”
“Homosexuality and suicide have some common characteristics. Both are damned by the Western Judeo-Christian culture as sins (although the latter has only been considered such since the sixth century).”
To curse; put a curse upon.
“That man stole my wallet. Damn him!”
To invoke damnation; to curse.
“c. 1767-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury […] while I inwardly damn.”