damnable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈdæmnəbl̩/
Etymology
From Middle English dampnable, from Old French dampnable, from Latin damnābilis. By surface analysis, damn + -able.
Meanings
- Capable of being damned.
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Deserving of damnation; very bad.
Great God! They were moving! They were rushing swiftly and noiselessly downwards! Black, black as night, huge, ill-defined, semi-human and altogether evil and damnable.
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:That damnable fridge has stopped working again.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more damnable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most damnable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (9)
ka საშინელი (deserving of damnation) · bg проклет (capable of being damned) · de verdammungswürdig (deserving of damnation) · ca damnable (deserving of damnation) · de verdammenswert (deserving of damnation) · eo damninda (deserving of damnation) · enm dampnable (deserving of damnation) · sv fördömlig (deserving of damnation) · bg осъдителен (deserving of damnation)