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Vinony

damned

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dæmd/

adj

  1. Godforsaken.

    “You're children of the damned // like candles, watch them burn // burning in the light // you'll burn again tonight.”

  2. Variant of profane damn, used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something.

    “Their damned lawyers can go to hell.”

    “I can't get this damned thing to work.”

  3. Ellipsis of I'll be damned.

    “Damned if I know.”

adv

  1. Very.

    “What's so damned important about a football game?”

    “[…] Jacques Cartier found the new country quite exciting, gleefully naming it Canada, from the Eskimo word canuck, which I’m told means, “I’m damned sick of all this snow and that polar bear tried to eat me.””

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of damn