damn
/ˈdæm/ verb B2- To condemn. · The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.· I damn you eternally, fiend!
- To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
- 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.
- To curse; put a curse upon. · That man stole my wallet. Damn him!
Plural damn · He/she/it damns · Past damned · Past participle damned · -ing form damning
Verb forms
- Base form
- damn
- He/she/it
- damns
- Past
- damned
- Past participle
- damned
- -ing form
- damning
From the library
As for Fernand himself, he seemed to be enduring the tortures of the damned; unable to rest, he was among the first to quit the table, and, as though seeking to avoid the hilarious mirth that rose in such deafening sounds, he continued, in utter silence, to pace the farther end of the salon.
“You can do what you damn please about that,” said Barker defiantly.
“Old woman be damned!” said Sherlock Holmes, sharply.
The whole thing seemed to me so damned unnatural.
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