We're begging, damn near down on our knees, and not getting one red cent. 1989 December 10, John Zeh, quoting Tony Allen, “AIDS Groups' Execs Arrested In D.C.”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 22, page 1:
cs sakra (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es demontres (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pl cholera! (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · acw عَمَى (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · mi āhahā (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · yue 死 (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · id kampret (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · is andskotinn (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · cs hergot (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · yue 弊 (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es joder (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · scn marvaja (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · fa لعنتی (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pl psiakrew! (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pl do diabła! (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · vi á đù (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · fr zut (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pl kurde (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · hu a fenébe (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · ms hampas (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · cs k čertu (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · fi hitto (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · bg проклятие (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · gl maldita sexa (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · it dannazione (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es rayos (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · is helvítis (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pt poça (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es qué bárbaro (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · ca collons (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es diantres (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es demontre (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es demonios (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · de Mist (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · fr mince (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · mk по ѓаво́лите (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es demonche (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · gl mal raxo (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pt maldição (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · sv fan (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · fi pahus (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · it accidenti (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · de verdammt (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pt lasqueira (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · ta அடடா (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · ca ostres (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es bestia (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pt porcaria (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · km ឈឺក្បាលវិលមុខ (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · mnc ᠸᠠᠪᡠᡵᡠ (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es diablos (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · da sørens (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · it cribbio (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · ro mamă (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es demonio (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pl do pioruna (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · scn i riàntini (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pt meleca (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pl holender (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es changos (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · scn mannaja (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · acw وَجَع (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · ca hòstia (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · da hulens (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · ru прокля́тие (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · bg по дяволите (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es maldita sea (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · id jancuk (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es maldición (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · tr lanet olsun (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · eo damne (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · it mannaggia (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · th ห่าเอ้ย (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · fr purée (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · yue 頂 /顶 (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · cmn 糟糕 (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es diantre (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pl psiamać (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · it cavolo (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pt chiça (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · nl verdomme (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · ar اللَّعْنَة (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · sh kvragu (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pt pindarolas (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · id sialan (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · mk про́клетство (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · scn avaja (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · is djöfullinn (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pl kurna chata (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · hu a francba (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · hu a fene egye meg (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · lt velnias (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es chale (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · fi samperi (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · ru блин (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es caramba (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pl do licha (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · ka ჯანდაბა (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · ro drace (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · ca cagondena (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · da pokkers (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · is fjandinn (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · cmn 你妹 (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · fi saamari (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · gl arre demo (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · id brengsek (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pt droga (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · cmn 該死 /该死 (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · ru чёрт побери́ (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es diablo (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · pt arre! (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · mi aeha (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · mn пизда! (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · es mierda (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.) · nv chʼį́įdii (non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.)
cs sakra (use of damn as a swear word) · cmn 哎呀 (use of damn as a swear word) · it maledizione (use of damn as a swear word) · pt porcaria (use of damn as a swear word) · sv dugg (a small, negligible quantity, being of little value) · pt raios (use of damn as a swear word) · hi कोसना (use of damn as a swear word) · sq mallkoj (use of damn as a swear word) · be пра́клён (use of damn as a swear word) · cmn 該死 /该死 (use of damn as a swear word) · nl verdomme (use of damn as a swear word) · es maldito (use of damn as a swear word) · ru прокля́тие (use of damn as a swear word) · gl comiño (the smallest amount of concern or consideration) · pt maldição (use of damn as a swear word) · bg проклятие (use of damn as a swear word) · fr putain (use of damn as a swear word) · ru чёрт возьми́ (use of damn as a swear word) · de Geringste (the smallest amount of concern or consideration) · gl pito (the smallest amount of concern or consideration) · de Fluch (use of damn as a swear word) · it accidente (a small, negligible quantity, being of little value) · pt (a ponta de um) corno (the smallest amount of concern or consideration) · mk да ти е́бам! (use of damn as a swear word) · cmn 咳 (use of damn as a swear word) · sv jota (a small, negligible quantity, being of little value) · de Fliegenschiss (a small, negligible quantity, being of little value) · de Verwünschung (use of damn as a swear word) · de Mindeste (the smallest amount of concern or consideration) · cmn 糟糕 (use of damn as a swear word) · de Furz (a small, negligible quantity, being of little value) · ro la naiba! (use of damn as a swear word) · fi hitto (use of damn as a swear word) · lt prakeikimas (use of damn as a swear word) · pt porra (use of damn as a swear word) · ru чёрт побери́ (use of damn as a swear word) · fr merde (use of damn as a swear word) · it tubo (the smallest amount of concern or consideration) · mk про́клетство! (use of damn as a swear word)
From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).
Meanings
(intransitive, transitive) To condemn.
I damn you eternally, fiend!
The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.
Only God can damn.
To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
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. 2018 May 12, Stephanie Sinclair, “'What I Learned From Adopting Two Children With Rare Genetic Conditions'”, in Time, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2024:
He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him. 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
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.
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). 1976 February 14, David Brill, “Suicide”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 33, page 11:
(qualifier:slightly vulgar, slang) To curse; put a curse upon.
That man stole my wallet. Damn him!
(archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.
c. 1767-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury
[…] while I inwardly damn.
tg нафрин кардан (theology: to condemn) · tr lanetlemek (theology: to condemn) · ru осужда́ть (to put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively) · nb forbanne (theology: to condemn) · sga damnaid (theology: to condemn) · sl preklinjati (theology: to condemn) · fr damner (to condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral, or illegal) · sh у̀кле̄ти (theology: to condemn) · pt amaldiçoar (to put a curse upon) · hu elátkoz (to put a curse upon) · eo damni (to condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral, or illegal) · vi nguyền rủa (theology: to condemn) · pt condenar (theology: to condemn) · hu megátkoz (to put a curse upon) · da forbande (theology: to condemn) · bg осъ́ждам (to put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively) · de verfluchen (to put a curse upon) · cmn 詛咒 /诅咒 (theology: to condemn) · ro condamna (theology: to condemn) · hu bélyegez (to put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively) · de verfluchen (theology: to condemn) · fi tuomita (kadotukseen) (theology: to condemn) · nn forbanne (theology: to condemn) · ga damnaigh (theology: to condemn) · ta சபி (theology: to condemn) · sh ùklēti (theology: to condemn) · eu madarikatu (to put a curse upon) · pl przeklinać (theology: to condemn) · ja 地獄に落とす (theology: to condemn) · fi kirota (to put a curse upon) · mk про́колне (theology: to condemn) · es imprecar (to put a curse upon) · hu pokolra ítél (theology: to condemn) · ko 저주하다 (theology: to condemn) · bg кълна́ (theology: to condemn) · de verschreien (to put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively) · uk кля́сти (theology: to condemn) · fa نفرین کردن (theology: to condemn) · ga feann (to condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral, or illegal) · pl przekląć (theology: to condemn) · cmn 咒 (theology: to condemn) · es maldecir (theology: to condemn) · bg порица́вам (to put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively) · ta சபி (to put a curse upon) · uz laʼnatlamoq (theology: to condemn) · ca maleir (theology: to condemn) · io damnar (theology: to condemn) · mk про́колне (to put a curse upon) · fr damner (theology: to condemn) · vi chửi rủa (theology: to condemn) · mk проко́лнува (theology: to condemn) · sh про̀кле̄ти (theology: to condemn) · sh кле̑тӣ (theology: to condemn) · uk прокля́сти (theology: to condemn) · eo damni (theology: to condemn) · de verdammen (theology: to condemn) · th แช่ง (theology: to condemn) · bg кълна́ (to put a curse upon) · bg прокли́нам (to put a curse upon) · hu átkoz (to put a curse upon) · be пракля́сці (theology: to condemn) · tg лаънат кардан (theology: to condemn) · bg прокълна́ (theology: to condemn) · ru прокля́сть (theology: to condemn) · az lənətləmək (theology: to condemn) · lt prakeikti (theology: to condemn) · wa dåner (theology: to condemn) · da fordømme (theology: to condemn) · bg прокълна́ (to put a curse upon) · es anatematizar (to condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral, or illegal) · be пракліна́ць (theology: to condemn) · ru осуди́ть (to put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively) · ar لَعَنَ (theology: to condemn) · it maledire (to put a curse upon) · hy անիծել (theology: to condemn) · mk проко́лнува (to put a curse upon) · hu elítél (to condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral, or illegal) · sk preklínať (theology: to condemn) · ca maleir (to put a curse upon) · hu kárhozatba küld (theology: to condemn) · nb fordømme (theology: to condemn) · ru клясть (theology: to condemn) · mk осу́дува (to put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively) · vi nguyền (to put a curse upon) · ja 呪う (theology: to condemn) · fi tuomita (to put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively) · it bollare (to put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively) · fr réprouver (to condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral, or illegal) · hu kárhoztat (to condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral, or illegal) · de verteufeln (to condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral, or illegal) · de verwünschen (to put a curse upon) · ota لعنتلمك (to put a curse upon) · de ächten (to put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively) · ru прокля́сть (to put a curse upon) · be кля́сці (theology: to condemn) · eu madarikatu (theology: to condemn) · ru проклина́ть (to put a curse upon) · es execrar (to put a curse upon) · es condenar (to condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral, or illegal) · ru клясть (to put a curse upon) · fr condamner (theology: to condemn) · fa لعنت کردن (theology: to condemn) · pt amaldiçoar (theology: to condemn) · sh klȇtī (theology: to condemn) · es reprobar (to condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral, or illegal) · is fordæma (theology: to condemn) · uk проклина́ти (theology: to condemn) · sv förbanna (theology: to condemn) · pt danar (theology: to condemn) · ru порица́ть (to put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively) · sh pròklēti (theology: to condemn) · tr lanetlemek (to put a curse upon) · nl verdoemen (theology: to condemn) · ro acuza (theology: to condemn) · sk prekliať (theology: to condemn) · bg прокли́нам (theology: to condemn) · hu megbélyegez (to put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively) · cs zatratit (theology: to condemn) · hu kárhozatra ítél (theology: to condemn) · it condannare (to condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral, or illegal) · fi tuomita (to condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral, or illegal) · ur لعنت بھیجنا (theology: to condemn) · es maldecir (to put a curse upon) · es condenar (theology: to condemn) · sv fördöma (theology: to condemn) · ar لَعَنَ (to put a curse upon) · ru проклина́ть (theology: to condemn) · et needma (to put a curse upon) · it dannare (theology: to condemn) · mk о́суди (to put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively) · sv förbanna (to put a curse upon) · th สาป (theology: to condemn) · hi अभिशाप देना (theology: to condemn) · vi nguyền rủa (to put a curse upon)