Damned

Word DAMNED
Character 6
Hyphenation damned
Pronunciations /dæmd/

Definitions and meanings of "Damned"

What do we mean by damned?

In various religions, condemned to eternal punishment. adjective

Destined to an unhappy fate. adjective

Deserving condemnation; detestable. adjective

Used as an intensive. adjective

Used as an intensive. adverb

People who are damned considered as a group. noun

Condemned; judicially sentenced; specifically, (reputed to be) sentenced to punishment in a future state; consigned to perdition.

Hateful; detestable; abominable: a profane objurgation, also used adverbially to express more or less intense dislike: as an adverb also simply intensive, equivalent to ‘very,’ ‘exceedingly,’ employed to strengthen an adjective used in either reprobation or approbation, and in sound often shortened to dam. In literary use often printed d—d.

Sentenced to punishment in a future state; condemned; consigned to perdition. adjective

Hateful; detestable; abominable. adjective

God-forsaken adjective

Variant of profane damn. adjective

Very. adverb

Simple past tense and past participle of damn. verb

In a damnable manner adverb

People who are condemned to eternal punishment noun

Expletives used informally as intensifiers adjective

In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell adjective

To condemn to hell.

To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.

To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.

To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.

To curse; put a curse upon.

To invoke damnation; to curse.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Damned

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The word "damned" in example sentences

"By George!" said Marmaduke, admiringly, "he did that damned well -- _damned_ well. ❋ George Bernard Shaw (1903)

You know what they call the damned thing when women have it -- kleptomania, isn't it? ❋ Unknown (1906)

And so Edison recalled the batteries he had trumpeted so loudly, went back to the lab, and set out to finish what he called his "damned problem." ❋ Unknown (2011)

"Now, that's what I call a damned good fellow: you don't often meet a chap like him," observed the master. ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)

MXX: I think I would have understood it more if they were half siblings or if thy never knew each other to start with ... but they knew already they were siblings ... of course, I guess the whole "you are damned from the start you evil rotten children" might been the "reason" for it to go so horribly wrong!? ❋ Cath@VWXYNot? (2009)

Bosch and Haller are teamed, not for the first time, in "The Reversal" (Little, Brown, 389 pages, $27.99), but with a twist: Mickey, the sardonically self-styled "defender of the damned," is tapped by the district attorney to be special independent prosecutor for the retrial of a child-murderer whose two-decades-old conviction has been thrown out as a result of recent DNA findings. ❋ Tom Nolan (2010)

I'm in damned good company too -- if you're looking for a masterclass in contemporary sf, this would be the place to start: ❋ Unknown (2008)

His ideas were being debated on every radio chat show, his name damned and deified in the space of two callers, and he was having an affair with a beautiful, intelligent young woman who thought him a god and proudly undressed in front of him. ❋ Elton, Ben (2002)

Like the "hare" (God forbid you call the damned thing a "rabbit" ... how many words rhyme with rabbit other than "dangnabbit"?) and the Eagle (with his friend ... the Beagle). ❋ Unclebob (2002)

STENGEL: You know, I think either person who wins is going to have a-- you use the word damned -- I mean, is going to have a kind of cursed presidency. ❋ Unknown (2000)

What he had just learned his spouse must also know, so he proceeded with her education: "Consola, what do you call your damned country?" ❋ Jos�� Rizal (1878)

My father began to look wild; Lord Crumpford groaned, it seems, sat down; repeated the word damned — and slapped his hand upon his forehead; the parson and the other man staring with surprize. ❋ Unknown (1794)

Calvin notes upon this, that therefore the torment of the damned is said to be prepared for the devil and his angels, to cut off all hope of escaping it; the devil and his angels are already made prisoners in the pit, and can worms of the earth think to escape? ❋ Unknown (1721)

And he that believes not shall be damned is gospel, as well as, He that believes shall be saved, Mark xvi. ❋ Unknown (1721)

The composers damned the record companies as pirates; the record labels damned the radio for its piracy; broadcasters vilified the cable companies for taking their signals; cable companies fought the VCR for its recording "theft." ❋ Cory Doctorow (2010)

Health code violations be damned, that is one fine soup. ❋ Unknown (2008)

After a minute, she said "They still only have her identified as Princess Angeline, the name the damned missionaries gave her." ❋ Maggie Jochild (2007)

So I called the damned cable company and set 'em straight. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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