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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DAMN, v.t.
1. To sentence to eternal torments in a future state; to punish in hell.
2. To condemn; to decide to be wrong or worthy of punishment; to censure; to reprobate.
He that doubteth is damned if he eat. Romans 14
3. To condemn; to explode; to decide to be bad, mean, or displeasing, be hissing or any mark of disapprobation; as, to damn a play, or a mean author.
4. A word used in profaneness; a term of execration.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: used as expletives; "oh, damn (or goddamn)!" [syn: damn, goddamn]
2: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" [syn: blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal] n
1: something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" [syn: damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's dam] v
1: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" [syn: curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict] [ant: bless] adv
1: extremely; "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all- fired aggressive?" [syn: bloody, damn, all-fired]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (damned; damning) Etymology: Middle English dampnen, from Anglo-French dampner, from Latin damnare, from damnum damage, loss, fine Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to condemn to a punishment or fate; especially to condemn to hell 2. a. to condemn vigorously and often irascibly for some real or fancied fault or defect <damned the storm for their delay> b. to condemn as a failure by public criticism 3. to bring ruin on 4. to swear at ; curse — often used to express annoyance, disgust, or surprise <damn him, he should have been careful> <I'll be damned> intransitive verb curse, swear II. noun Date: 1619 1. the utterance of the word damn as a curse 2. a minimum amount or degree (as of care or consideration) ; the least bit <don't give a damn> III. adjective or adverb Date: 1775 damned <a damn nuisance> <ran damn fast>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v., n., adj., & adv. --v.tr. 1 (often absol. or as int. of anger or annoyance, = may God damn) curse (a person or thing). 2 doom to hell; cause the damnation of. 3 condemn, censure (a review damning the performance). 4 a (often as damning adj.) (of a circumstance, piece of evidence, etc.) show or prove to be guilty; bring condemnation upon (evidence against them was damning). b be the ruin of. --n. 1 an uttered curse. 2 sl. a negligible amount (not worth a damn). --adj. & adv. colloq. = DAMNED. Phrases and idioms: damn all sl. nothing at all. damn well colloq. (as an emphatic) simply (damn well do as I say). damn with faint praise commend so unenthusiastically as to imply disapproval. I'm (or I'll be) damned if colloq. I certainly do not, will not, etc. not give a damn see GIVE. well I'm (or I'll be) damned colloq. exclamation of surprise, dismay, etc. Derivatives: damningly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF damner f. L damnare inflict loss on f. damnum loss

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Damn Damn (d[a^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Damned (d[a^]md or d[a^]m"n[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Damning (d[a^]m"[i^]ng or d[a^]m"n[i^]ng).] [OE. damnen dampnen (with excrescent p), OF. damner, dampner, F. damner, fr. L. damnare, damnatum, to condemn, fr. damnum damage, a fine, penalty. Cf. Condemn, Damage.] 1. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure. He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him. --Shak. 2. (Theol.) To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse. 3. To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc. You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] . . . without hearing. --Pope. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer. --Pope. Note: Damn is sometimes used interjectionally, imperatively, and intensively.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Damn Damn, v. i. To invoke damnation; to curse. ``While I inwardly damn.'' --Goldsmith.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(damns, damning, damned) 1. Damn, damn it, and dammit are used by some people to express anger or impatience. (INFORMAL, RUDE) Don't be flippant, damn it! This is serious. EXCLAM [feelings] 2. Damn is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying. (INFORMAL, RUDE) There's not a damn thing you can do about it now. ADJ: ADJ n [emphasis] • Damn is also an adverb. As it turned out, I was damn right... ADV: ADV adj/adv 3. If you say that a person or a news report damns something such as a policy or action, you mean that they are very critical of it. ...a sensational book in which she damns the ultra-right party. = slam VERB: V n 4. see also damned, damning 5. If you say that someone does not give a damn about something, you are emphasizing that they do not care about it at all. (INFORMAL, RUDE) PHRASE: V inflects [emphasis] 6. Some people say as near as damn it or as near as dammit to emphasize that what they have said is almost completely accurate, but not quite. (BRIT INFORMAL, RUDE) It's as near as damn it the same thing... PHRASE: usu PHR n [emphasis]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Condemn, judge to be guilty. 2. (Theol.) Doom to perdition, doom to eternal punishment, punish eternally. 3. Condemn, doom, put down, ruin, kill (all in a metaphorical sense, as applied to a play, writing, or cause).

Moby Thesaurus

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