damn

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To condemn.

   • The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.
   • Only God can damn.
   • I damn you eternally, fiend!
2. 2

   To condemn

   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.
3. 3

   To put out of favor

   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.
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   1. 4

      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).
   2. 5

      To curse

      To curse; put a curse upon.

      • That man stole my wallet. Damn him!
   3. 6

      To invoke damnation

      To invoke damnation; to curse.

      • c. 1767-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury […] while I inwardly damn.
   4. 7

      Generic intensifier. Fucking

      Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.

      • Shut the damn door!
      • Damn freaks!
      • Damn psychos!
   5. 8

      Very

      Very; extremely.

      • That car was going damn fast!
      • How are you damn quick?
      • You must be so damn rapid.
   6. 9

      Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc.…

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

   7. 10

      The word "damn" employed as a curse.

      • He said a few damns and left.
   8. 11

      A small, negligible quantity, being of little value

      A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.

      • The new hires aren't worth a damn.
   9. 12

      The smallest amount of concern or consideration.

      • I don't give a damn.
   10. 13

       Abbreviation of diaminomaleonitrile.

       • Several nitrogen heterocycles, including imidazoles,¹⁻³ pyrazines,⁴ and diazepines,^(1, 3) have been prepared from diaminomaleonitrile (DAMN, 1), the tetramer of hydrogen cyanide.
       • Diaminomaleonitrile (DAMN), a stable tetramer of HCN, has long been renowned as a precursor for the formation of nucleobases.
   11. 14

       Acronym of distributed architecture for mobile navigation.

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