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Damned Common

Damned has 7 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Adverb

Definitions
Noun
1

people who are condemned to eternal punishment

"he felt he had visited the realm of the damned"

Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of damn

"The dog was damned when it chased the mailman across the busy street."

In plain English: To damn someone is to declare that they will go to hell after death.

"The mechanic damned the pipe with epoxy to stop the leak quickly."

Adjective
1

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"

2

in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell

"poor damned souls"

3

Godforsaken.

"The damned valley was so remote that no traveler had ever seen it in daylight."

Adverb
1

in a damnable manner

"kindly Arthur--so damnably, politely, endlessly persistent!"

2

Very.

"The heat was damned hot today, making it impossible to stay outside."

Example Sentences
"The mechanic damned the pipe with epoxy to stop the leak quickly." verb
"The storm damned our little boat to the rocks." verb
"He felt damned by his own hesitation during the crisis." verb
"Never again will you be damned for following your heart." verb
See Also
god forsaken blasted jiggered damn damnation verdomde deuced darn
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
people
Rhyming Words
ned sned woned paned tuned coned faned acned mined waned vaned zoned laned pwned maned tined toned lined boned fined
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